Re: Taking books on tour

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Depending on WHEN you bought your airline ticket - you may not be charged  
for extra luggage - if you bought early enough they have to honor the conditions 
 you bought your ticket under - so you may be 'grandfathered in' so to  
speak. Check with your airline and read the fine print.

One warning: whenever I packed a bunch of magazines to give out as samples  
at a show - I do a layer on the bottom of the bag several inches thick - same  
probably as you'll do with your books -- this ensures your books stay nice and 
 flat and do not get too messed up, right? Well, it also makes you suspect #1 
for  security bag inspections because you have just created a solid barrier 
for  their scan machines. My bag gets pulled for inspection EVERY TIME -- your  
carefully packed items will be turned over and then jammed back in whichever 
way  they damn well please - you'll also get a nice souvenir sticker or token 
for  your bag as well, and most aggravating is you have to wait extra long  
for it to come off the carousel while everyone else is off to the hotel and  
checked in, you get the pleasure of standing around and worrying - "is  my bag 
even on this flight?" Then afterwards, you are left wondering if you also  need 
to take inventory in case anything got "lost" during that haphazard  
inspection. Isn't airline travel fun?

Sincerely,
Kathy Jentz
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In a message dated 7/11/2008 5:11:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
TalkingPoints@PlantSoup.Com writes:

Hi  all

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?

Thanks

Nan 

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