Re: Taking books on tour

**"* M* <B*@verizon.net>**

As a USA publisher I mail books all the time. The profit margin is slim so 
for the cheapest rate I depend on media mail from my local post office. Once 
I had a large box broken in transit and someone, I later learned, bought the 
contents at a post office auction. These 50 new books (en-route to author 
Nellie Neal before being made publicly available) turned up on Amazon.com 
under "I have one to sell." A couple of others apparently got lost, but all 
the other thousands of small and large book packages reached their 
destinations safely. You can have the post office add a tracking sticker 
with bar code for about 75 cents. I have been using the post office for book 
mailings for over twenty years. I have a feeling that my Wayne, PA post 
office branch is above average.

UPS is not a bad shipper either. Our hotel should have a staff person who 
can box and ship your books that way, for a charge. For convenience in 
fixing a one-time problem it might be worth it.

Tip: Have or bring an empty box for them to use.

Anyway, Nan, I am betting that you won't have any books left over. Be sure 
to have enough copies with you!

Betty Mackey
www.mackeybooks.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "N Sterman" <TalkingPoints@PlantSoup.Com>
Subject: [GWL] Taking books on tour

> I have a talk and book sale that I'll be doing on my way home, the day
> after the end of the symposium in Portland.  I am trying to figure out
> what to do with books to sell.  I think I can get my publisher to ship
> books directly to the venue, but what do I do with leftovers when I
> fly home?  I'm flying southwest and as far as I know, they have yet to
> institute a checked baggage charge, but even so, it will be really
> challenging to travel with more than a book or two.   Is there an
> inexpensive way to ship books?

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