Needs

Drop-off

Tax Benefits

Information for College Bookstores

Distribution

F.A.Q.

Please pack your books in a sturdy carton. Stack them like bricks at both ends of the carton, not on their spines, and fill remaining space with newspaper or small paperbacks. Please tape the carton securely, and label it Bridge to Asia (If you are sending multiple cartons, please mark them 1/X .. X/X.)

1. If you are mailing by USPS (you may use Media Mail or Library Mail Rate), please address your carton(s) to:

   Bridge to Asia
   MEB Distributing
   25014 Viking Street
   Hayward, CA 94545-2704

2. If you are shipping by FedEx, DHL, UPS or motor freight, please use the address of the facility nearest to you in San Francisco, Chicago or Los Angeles.

   Bridge to Asia
   Follett Higher Education Group
   8950 West Palmer Street
   River Grove, IL 60171

   Bridge to Asia
   c/o Round the World (USA)
   1440 Francisco Street
   Torrance, CA 90501-1313

3. After you have sent your books, please notify us by email (nxliu@pacbell.net) or phone (415-678-2990), and we will mail you a letter of thanks and an IRS form for claiming your tax benefit.

Your out-of-pocket expenses (packing materials, shipping costs) are tax deductible together with the value of your books.

We appreciate the hard work of packing, lifting, and mailing books and magazines, and regret all the more that we cannot reimburse you for shipping or mailing costs.

Media Mail rate

You are permitted to use Media Mail Rate, formerly known as Special Standard Mail. As of January 2008, this rate is approximately US$18.79 per 50 pounds, for materials such as the following:

"books (at least 8 pages),...printed music, printed test materials, sound recordings, play scripts, printed educational charts, loose-leaf pages and binders consisting of medical information, and computer-readable media." (USPS Quick Service Guide 730-Package Services-Media Mail)

You may need to cite this regulation at your Post Office if the clerk questions your use of the rate. You can print an overview of the Media Mail Regulation from the USPS Web site.

Library Mail rate

You are permitted to use the economical Library Mail Rate to send your materials to Bridge to Asia. As of January 2008, this rate is approximately US$17.70 per 50 pounds. Eligible materials include:

"books, recordings, educational and museum materials...(which) may be sent to, from, or between...a nonprofit organization (such as Bridge to Asia)...and an individual who has no financial interest in the sale, promotion, or distribution of the materials." (USPS Quick Service Guide 740-Package Services-Library Mail)