How to Ship a Book Cheaper

By ksosa

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Shipping books can cost you more than it's worth, but not if you know how to do so on the cheap.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Large mailer (shipping envelope-preferrably with bubble paper)
Money
Shipping labels

Step1

If you have not purchased a shipping envelope with built-in bubble wrap, wrap your book in one layer of bubble paper.

Step2

Insert the wrapped book so that it fits snugly into the envelope without leaving a lot of excess room or making it too tight a fit.

Step3

Add your address labels appropriately. If the package does not look professional (think buying and selling by Amazon or other online dealers) then postal workers may doubt you are shipping books for business purposes.

Step4

At the post office, ask to ship your book by "Media Mail." This will be cheaper than sending it standard mail, however you might be asked to confirm the contents of the envelope.

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jimdris said

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on 5/1/2008 The "media mail", once called "book rate" is a lot cheaper. I just shipped a box with some old newpapers to a website host, and it only cost me $2.15 for about 3 or 4 pounds. Great advice!

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