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                                   EXHIBIT 23

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference of our reports dated February 11,
1999, appearing in and incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form
10-K of American Business Products, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 1998
in the following Registration Statements of American Business Products, Inc.:




                             Form                            File No.

                                                             
                              S-3                           33-60567
                              S-8                           33-53627
                              S-8                           33-59271
                              S-8                           33-61359
                              S-8                           33-39314
                              S-8                           333-58901


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DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP 
Atlanta, Georgia 
March 3, 1999