I dont think you can ship crossword puzzle books by media mail because many of them contain advertising and I am uncertain but I don't think they count as books on PBS.
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Anything that is not a book (this includes calendars, coloring books, blank journals)
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Anything that contains advertising (such as single-issue comic books or comic book digests or magazines)
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Advance Reader Copies* (also known as ARC s, Review Copies or Uncorrected Proofs--these are not the final versions of books)
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CD-ROM books/e-books (books that must be read on a computer)
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Burned copies of audio books
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Xerox or otherwise unoriginal copies of books
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Electronic media of any kind
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Unbound pages
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Music recordings, spoken-word recordings (these can be swapped at SwapaCD)
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leaflets or pamphlets or booklets** without ISBNs (other members complain at spending a credit for these)
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Brochures/Promotional "first chapters" of books - these are not complete books, even if they have an ISBN
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Books that require supplementary non-media materials to be useful (non-media materials cannot be sent by MediaMail, and original non-media materials cannot be expected to be included with a used book)
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Pornography (sex manuals and erotica are allowed, hardcore pornography is not allowed)
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Supplementary media alone (without the book they originally accompanied)
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Audio language courses without accompanying bound book. (if audio tapes/CDs ARE accompanied by a book they are considered a bound book with accompanying media, and swap for 1 credit. They are not "audio books," which are books read aloud by a narrator.)
*ARCs may be swapped "unofficially" in the Book Bazaar Discussion Forums. They may not be Posted to a PBS Bookshelf.
**A leaflet/pamphlet is an item with fewer than 20 pages; a booklet is an item with between 20 and 50 pages that is not a children's book. Children's books often have less than 50 pages and are not considered booklets just because of their short pagelength.
Please note: if you Post an inappropriate item for swapping, it may be removed from the database as an automatic action without notice; if it has been requested from you before that happens, you will not get credit for sending it.
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