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Post by Jasoomian on May 8, 2014 15:25:16 GMT -5
Anyone have one of these Little Free Library things in their neighborhood? There's one on my corner; I just put some Garfield and Louis L'Amour in there that I couldn't sell to the local bookstore.  |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2014 17:00:11 GMT -5
Hey, that's pretty cool!
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Post by unstoppablexd on May 8, 2014 19:23:53 GMT -5
We have one of those at the train station... I seed it with stuff every so often... I've gotten a couple good things back, and old Arthur Clarke from a British publisher (as posted in the book thread) a Mauve Binchy for the wife, and a couple Dick Francis hardcovers.
Media Mail varies by post office... most let comics go. It's true it's techinically not allowed, though. To be honest, following the letter of the rules, most novels aren't either. They're not supposed to have any advertising in them, so any book with a 'buy these other books' page, is technically ineligible. Comic trades with no ads technically could be. I once had a Post Office clerk tell me I could send a receipt with the book, even, which was kinda ridiculous.
In practice, if it feels like a book, they send it.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2014 21:13:40 GMT -5
Supposedly, as long as one thing in the package qualifies for media, and everything in the package is printed material, you can send it. So you could throw a blank CD in with every comic shipment and it would be okay, or an old softcover, or even a portion of an old softcover. I've gotten packages like that before. The only problem is the postal employees may not be as versed in the policy than the sender is, so no matter how well you know the policy, you can still get returned packages, or the receiving party can be hit with postage due, and fighting it is a huge hassle.
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