TOP 30 BOOK MANUFACTURERS — CLIMBING THE STACKS

Long: Increased paper prices have put additional pressure on our customers to find additional ways to reduce their costs. This primarily includes the cheapening of materials used to construct the books. The availability of paper has been very tight, and this has put pressure on our Paper Supply Program as publishers have turned to Maple-Vail to supply paper when they are unable to locate paper directly for upcoming projects. The reduction in domestic paper capacity is creating supply problems throughout the marketplace.