The last time I sent boxes of books, it cost me about four to five dollars each. The boxes weighed about as much as my wimpy, fifty-three year old body can carry. Media mail prices are based on weight and distance. I've found U.S. mail cheaper for this sort of thing than U.P.S. By the way, would anyone like to do some scanning? I have more books to send to a willing volunteer. I still have Pratik's address from the last round of mailing, but nobody else's. If I don't get them out this week, I'll do it in August. Monica in Maryland
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- From: "Donna Smith" <donnafsmith@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 16:15:11 -0400
The free matter for the blind law has really been tightened over the past years. I don't think you can send print material to anyone using free matter. You can, though, use the bulk book rate that is available to anyone and isn't too bad. Ask at your post office or the info is probably online. Actually, I just went to the post office web site www.usps.gov <http://www.usps.gov/> and they do have the information about bulk mailing or media mailing which covers books, but it was too complicated for me to figure out. I'd just ask at the post office. Peace and Hope, Donna _____ From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nancy Hill Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 3:37 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: a quick mailing question Can I send books to the bookshare office "free matter for the blind"? they are heavy text books that might cost a lot to send otherwise. Thanks. Amber My recollection of the special law is that a blind person may send material to another blind person. I have no idea if there any weight constraints or not. If I was going to send something to the bookshare address, I think I would first list the name of a blind recipient at the bookshare addie. Nancy Hill c/o Bookshare 111 Any Street City, State 12345 That way if the parcel was checked, there would indeed be a blind sender and recipient. Will someone please explain the letter of the Blind Matter law? Thanks, Nancy
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