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How to package a book for shipping
Thursday, 10 Jun, 2010 – 15:47 | No Comment
How to package a book for shipping

Books are shipped to many places across the globe. Have you ever wondered how they are packed to keep them tamper-proof until they reach the destinations, what are the costs involved etc? There are several …

My experience with packaging books
Saturday, 22 May, 2010 – 8:50 | 3 Comments
My experience with packaging books

When we first entered the book selling business we were complete beginners as far as shipping books was concerned. We had a lot of knowledge of shipping other materials bot not books.
Luckily we …

Cardboard Boxes Packaging
Monday, 3 May, 2010 – 22:06 | No Comment

Cardboard Boxes Packaging, there are two main situations when considering using ready made boxes, like the ones you pick up at the supermarket, or custom packaging. If you sell a buch of smaller items on …

Shipping with Bubble Mailers
Monday, 5 Apr, 2010 – 9:49 | 2 Comments
Shipping with Bubble Mailers

I ran a bookstore for four years and received hundreds of books in the mail. The majority of them arrived in bubble mailers, this seems to be the preferred method of packaging for online book …

Corrugated Mailing Boxes
Sunday, 10 Jan, 2010 – 23:23 | 13 Comments
Corrugated Mailing Boxes

Corrugated Mailing Boxes
I want to talk to you for  a minute about shipping books. I owned a used bookshop for 4 years and learned a thing or two about shipping books, both from the sender’s …

Book Mailers or B-Flute, How to Package Books for Shipping
Sunday, 3 Feb, 2008 – 21:10 | 54 Comments
Book Mailers or B-Flute, How to Package Books for Shipping

Please, no more cheap Book Mailers
What are your odds of being content with the packaging of a book that you’ve ordered online?
My odds of being pleased after opening a package seem to running around fifty …