Publishers push for board book safety exemption.
The article reports on negotiations between the Federation of European Publishers (FEP) and the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) on exempting children's board books from certain toy safety standards. The exemption would involve reclassifying board books as books rather than toys so they...
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Bookseller Media Ltd
3/20/2009
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