After some consideration, we’ve decided to change how we handle shipping costs.  Later today we will start:

   1) charging a small fee for domestic shipping (less than $3 for a book),

   2) charge about the same as we are currently  charging for shipments to Canada (~$15 for a book),

   3) charge slightly more for other international orders ($21 for a book),

   4) in addition, larger orders will cost slightly more based on the estimated weight of the order.

These fees help cover actual postage but still do not cover packaging costs, shipping management and inventory management. 

 

All notices of "free domestic shipping" should be changed site-wide – please let me know if there’s any text we missed.

This was a difficult decision, but ultimately we feel it was a good one as it allows more flexibility to discount books while still being able to maintain large royalty payments for our authors.

We’ll monitor this thread and respond to any questions and concerns.