But in practice, we all know that the Media Mail restrictions are whatever the USPS employee who is handling the package says they are on any given day.Įven if you convince the counter clerk that you're in the right (good luck!), the package could still be opened and rifled at any point in the delivery chain by some other ham-fisted goofball, and everyone at the USPS up to and including the Postmaster General would no doubt support the employee who did it.
Quickpress regulations cgc comics update#
If they want to update the DMM, they are free to do so.but until then, the document that governs the USPS is the DMM, and if it's not in the DMM, it carries no regulatory weight. If it's not in the Domestic Mail Manual, it's meaningless, no matter what ANY employee of the USPS.up to and including the Postmaster General.says or thinks. Since comic books are distributed almost entirely outside the Second Class mail service, they don't fall under the spirit of the regulation, even if it falls under the letter. The easiest way to codify that was to say "all advertising", since almost every periodical is paid for by, and contains, advertising. Media Mail was intended to be a cheap, slow shipping method to move educational material, not just "books." The prohibition against advertising was to prevent ALL NEW periodicals (not just comics, but Time, Us, Newsweek, etc), which are distributed via "Second Class" special commercial rates, from using the Media Mail service. Media mail was intended to assist libraries in the movement of books. The post office is not going to open up each comic book individually to check the date of the book, whether the advertisements are still active, or whether it is a one shot story. If anyone decides to start a petition about this or has a brilliant idea to revamp this mailing system I'm in. That would be eligible for Media Mail prices." An example would be a history of Marvel Comics and the entire book be carton comic captions. If you have an actual book that is about comics/cartoon captures and it is a book that you can find in the Library, then it would be eligible. "No, a comic book is ineligible for Media Mail prices no matter whether a one-time or no advertising. "If it is a comic book that is not serialized (single self-contained issue aka one-shot) and it has no advertisements does that qualify for media mail? Also, does a trade paperback that collects a serialized comic qualify for media mail?"
Any item that can apply for Periodicals is not eligible for Media Mail and comic books are Periodicals publications. "Comic books usually have advertising and even if vintage comic books and the ads are no longer applicable, all comic books are serialized, therefore not eligible for Media Mail prices. Are comic books considered eligible for media mail?" However, I have heard that people have had conflicting experiences sending comic books in media mail. I have the official requirements and it seems to me that a comic book meets the requirements for media mail. "I am confused about the standards regarding what is considered media mail.
I just spent the last few days trying to decipher the USPS rules regarding comic books as media mail and thought I would pass along the most up-to-date information as of Sept 30, 2016.įor the record, imo USPS has the most ridiculous standards regarding comics, but that's another discussion for another thread.
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