It used to be that sending books and heavy material UPS was less expensive than by US mail, even media rate, but I don't know if that's still true--and shipping by bus was the least expensive. When I moved to California I shipped my books and other stuff by Greyhound. I don't know if that's still possible. Cindy --- Donna Smith <donnafsmith@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.