Our Shipping and Handling Policy

Handling Costs
A company in Terre Haute, Indiana does our packing and shipping for us. "Handling" is their charge to store our books, pull the book from a pallet when they receive an order, supply the packing materials, pack the products for shipping, create and apply the shipping label and handle the paperwork on an international shipment. Each of those functions takes time and money and they charge what we feel is a very reasonable rate pf $2.00 to do all of this for one book and a fixed rate of $3.00 for a quantity of more than one or any international shipment.

Shipping Costs
When you place an order you will be offered three options for shipping: United States Postal Service (USPS) Media Mail which at $2.13 for a single book is the least expensive and takes 7-12 days. The Post Office Flat Rate Envelope Priority Mail costs $4.60 will get you your book in 3-5 days. For multiple book orders, UPS Ground is usually the best method and will be calculated based on weight.

Total Shipping and Handling Cost
The Handling cost described above will be added to the Shipping cost you choose and "Shipping and Handling" costs will be combined and appear on your billing as one line labelled "Shipping."

We hope this has been helpful and helps you understand why "Shipping And Handling" sometimes may seem to be expensive relative to the cost of the product. As you can see, there is a lot more to it than "Postage."