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--- ordering_books_and_supplies [2026/04/09 16:21] – mwlucas
+++ ordering_books_and_supplies [2026/04/09 16:51] (current) – mwlucas
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 Goal: deliver books. Book variants include:
-**Things I Touch**
+**Things I Touch And Package For Shipping**
 * special editions, always signed (for sponsors, Patronizers, and Kickstarter backers who paid for them)
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 * dropship paperbacks
 * dropship hardcovers
 ====== How Many Books to Order? ======
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 The spreadsheet will populate the number of each title needed.
-For backlist titles, MWL needs to check his inventory and see how many of everything he has on hand. That'll dictate which backlist titles need ordering.
+For backlist titles, MWL needs to check his inventory and see how many of everything he has on hand. The spreadsheet will subtract inventory from needs, giving quantities of backlist titles to order.
+Once quantities are known, verify quantities of shipping labels, envelopes, and USPS large flat rate boxes. If you verify quantities this right after the KS closes, when you fill out the book quantities spreadsheet, you'll have plenty of time for delivery and won't panic on Shipping Day because you ran out of address labels. AGAIN.
 ===== Hand Shipping Supplies =====
 We need tape, books, mailing labels, envelopes, and tape.
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 === Ordering Books ===
+Cash flow permitting, order books for signing as soon as the kickstarter closes. Use the fulfillment spreadsheet to get numbers needed. Use the cheapest //tracked// shipping.
+=== Address Labels ===
+Every domestic signed package needs one address label. International signed books need three address labels.
+Be sure we have twice as many address labels as we have print backers.
+=== Envelopes ===
+Domestic books use USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate Envelopes. International books use 6x9 padded poly mailers. Each can hold 2 books.
+All the tech books, cross-unix mastery, and all the fiction each use a large square USPS flat rate box. TFM uses two of those.
+Make sure we have enough of everything!