Cost of Paper Rising

This week, in min’s b2b, I spoke with Tad Smith, CEO of Reed Business Information.  He confirmed to me what I had been hearing from other companies: paper is getting more expensive.  Why?  Because many mills are closing or have closed.  But why are the mills closing?  Smith thinks it’s because the industry is trying to raise its profits and its margins.

If you’re a publisher, is your paper getting more expensive?   And if you’re an editor or art producer, are you being told that you have to downgrade your paper quality or that you can’t afford paper that you expected to be able afford on a new project?