New Royal Mail postage rates

As many of you are probably aware the way that postage is calculated will be changing on 21st August 2006. At the moment this will only apply to postage within the UK. The price of postage will no longer just be calculated based on the weight of the letter or parcel but will now be based on the weight, dimensions and thickness of the item. This sounds complicated, but is not really.

There will be 3 types of postage item - a letter, a large letter and a packet. A letter has to weigh below 100g be less than 5mm thick and smaller than 240 x 165mm. A large letter needs to weigh below 750g, be less than 25mm thick and measure less than 353 x 250mm. A Parcel is anything either heavier than 750g or larger than the large letter dimensions. Within the letter size there is just one postage price. Within the other sizes there are different postage rates determined by weight. All prices are also split into first class and second class as usual. Most of our items will fit into the category of packet. From looking at the prices it seems that our prices will be changing slightly and mostly increasing by a small amount. However, this will depend on how many items are purchased and their sizes and weights.

If you want more information about the price changes there is lots of information on the Royal Mail website. A good place to start is probably www.royalmail.com/size. We have also written a guide for eBay which includes the new postal prices. Please take a look by clicking here.

Collecting Chalet School Books

Would you like to build up a full collection of Chalet School books or are you looking for the last few books to complete your collection? This article gives you tips on how to do this as well as a full list of Chalet School titles and some of the fill-in titles. If you are interested please read it here. Or if you would lik eto purchase Chalet School books from us you can look at our current stock by clicking here. Thank you.

Podee Bottles

Some of you may have noticed that we are now selling Podee Bottles. These are fantastic bottles which allow 'hands-free' feeding which I found particularly useful for feeding my twins. As I found them so good I really wanted to be able to share my find with other Mums. I have written an review of the bottles for eBay and so if you want to find out more about them please take a look by clicking here and also here. If you wish to purchase some bottles you can do so by clicking here. Thank you.

New Chalet School Book Titles

We are delighted to announce that we have lots of new Chalet School book titles. We are now stocking a range of books from Bettany press and have also increased our range of second hand books to include almost the full collection of Elinor M Brent-Dyer's collection. Our newest titles are:

Althea Joins the Chalet School by Elinor M Brent-Dyer
The Chalet School Companion by Helen McClelland
The Chalet School Revisited - Achmuty & Gosling
Behind the Chalet School by Helen McClelland (Biography of EM Breny-Dyer)
Visitors for the Chalet School by Helen McClelland

These can all be found in the Chalet School section of our shop which can be accessed by clicking here. The Bettany press books are also for sale in our eBay shop which can be found
here

Welcome to Bowbridge Publishing's Blog

Welcome to Bowbridge Publishing's new Blog pages. This is where we will let you know about any news we have such as new books for sale, company news etc. We hope that you will find it useful.