While ebooks and audiobooks have never been more popular, printed books remain a major force in modern literature. In fact, 767.36 million printed books were sold in 2023 in the United States alone. Despite what many might think, print media is not going away anytime soon.

Unfortunately, printed books aren’t terribly durable. Paper is thin and fragile and books are liable to bend and tear. However, you are still more than capable of shipping your favorite books without worrying about damaging them. In this literate article, we will cover how to ship a book and what to expect when you ship.

Choose Your Packaging

Your choice of packaging depends on what exactly you’re shipping.

If you’re shipping around 1-4 books, you’re likely better off using a mailing envelope. Boxes come in a set size and if you’re not using

If you’ve flown in a plane recently, you may have seen suitcases and luggage covered in layers of plastic wrap at the airport. While atypical here in the United States, stretch-wrapping your luggage is rather commonplace within international travel. Travelers swear by the film’s ability to keep their goods clean, safe from theft, and secure from accidental openings.

While services are available to stretch wrap your luggage for you, you can save some time and money by doing it yourself. In this intercontinental article, we will cover how to wrap your luggage and what to expect when traveling with wrapped luggage.

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Select Your Wrap

Before you pack, you want to make sure you’re using the right plastic wrap for luggage. Standard suitcases rarely exceed 2½ feet (76cm) in height, so a roll of hand wrap or mini wrap wil

When it comes to packages and loads that are difficult and heavy, there’s no better way to seal them up than with filament tape. This packing tape is embedded with strands of fiberglass, providing superior tensile strength for your most demanding jobs. However, these fiberglass strands can also make the tape difficult to tear into individual strips.

That’s where a filament tape dispenser comes in. This device features an ergonomic, tensionable grip, as well as a retractable cutter blade that easily slices through the filament tape. In this article, we will cover how to load and operate a filament tape dispenser.

We also made a step-by-step video that you can follow along to:

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Choose the Right-Size Tape

The majority of tape dispensers are designed to handle a designated width of tape. A roll of tape that’s too wide won’t fit, while one that’s too thin will slide back and

For all its benefits, stretch wrap is not without its drawbacks. Since the plastic film needs to be kept taught as it is wrapped around items and loads, worker’s hands can eventually develop stress and fatigue. Additionally, the paper core and thin plastic can chafe and irritate your hands.

That’s where a stretch wrap dispenser comes in. This handy device offers both an adjustable tensioner and an ergonomic grip that’s much easier on the hands. And thankfully, setting one up is quick and easy. In this article, we will cover how to assemble a stretch wrap dispenser, as well as some basic tips on using it.

We also made a step-by-step video that you can follow along to:

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Choose the Right Size

Before you load your stretch wrap, you want to make sure you’ve got the right size for your dispenser. Dispensers are typically made to accommodate a set range of stretch wrap lengths

Choosing the right-sized box for your goods can feel like the story of Goldilocks: this box is too big, this box is too small, this box is too long, and so on. But choosing the box that’s just right helps to ensure that your goods are adequately protected throughout shipping, handling, and storage.

You may consider this a fairly simple matter since you only need a box that’s about the size of the item you’re shipping. Yes and no. While you’re not wrong, boxes come in so many different sizes, shapes, and types these days that it can sometimes feel confusing figuring out which one’s the right one for you. This article is here to provide some clarity on choosing the right size box for your goods so that you can ship with confidence.

How Big is Your Item?

This one’s the most obvious, and perhaps the most important. As a rule of thumb, you want to choose packaging that’s slightly larger than the dimensions of your items so that it fits

Vinyl is back. In fact, as of 2022, vinyl record sales have eclipsed CD sales for the first time in 35 years. In the increasingly streaming-dominated age, physical records have their steadfast appeal with their warm sound and guarantee that they won’t be taken away on a whim.

However, vinyl records are quite fragile. The material is thin, brittle, and can warp when exposed to high heat and pressure. If you plan to send any records in the mail, you need to ensure that they are well-protected against anything that shipping and handling might throw at them. In this blog, we’ll drop the needle on how to mail vinyl records safely and securely.

1. Remove the Record and Clean It

Before you pack your vinyl, you first want to make sure that it’s in good condition. Gently remove the record from its outer jacket, then from its inner sleev

Packaging can be quite stressful, but perhaps not in the way you’re thinking. While you may be dealing with the stresses of deadlines, customer demands, and daily operations, your packing tape will encounter a different kind of stress: adhesive stress.

Adhesive stress refers to how the adhesive bond is pulled, stretched, and otherwise deformed when acted upon by external forces. In this sticky article, we will go over the five types of stress your tape will face throughout packaging and shipping.

Tensile Stress

Tensile stress occurs when the adhesive bond is elongated or pulled apart by external forces moving away from each other. The direction of the pulling is perpendicular to the bond and the stress is distributed evenly across the surface.

Whether you’re a construction worker on the jobsite, or a DIY-er looking to improve their home, you want to keep the areas you’re not working on safe from the areas you are working on. The last thing you need when you’re in the middle of a project is your floors getting stained or damaged. That, and a devastating apocalyptic event.

Luckily for you, surface protection tape is available to answer your safeguarding needs. This adhesive film is easily unrolled onto your floors and keeps them safe from debris, stains, scrapes, and other kinds of common damage. However, some important steps need to be taken to ensure that your hard surface or carpet protection tape stays in place and works properly.

Clean the Surface

Before you apply an inch of tape, you need to clean the surfaces you intend to protect. For hard surfaces, dust and sweep to get rid of loose specks and particles. Then, mop your hard surfaces and let them dry before applying the t