Snail Mail Query

First class regular mail. It's still cheaper than priority, and you don't win any bonus points with agents sending it any faster. If you send something that requires a signature, it'll probably just get refused. (I believe on overnight, you have to specifically tell them you don't want a signature.)

Katrina S. Forest said:

... If you send something that requires a signature, it'll probably just get refused. (I believe on overnight, you have to specifically tell them you don't want a signature.)

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This. Maybe they'll go down to sign for it, but it won't endear your submission to them. And, maybe they won't go down at all. Send it regular mail (you can request a receive receipt for about seventy cents... maybe ninety? I forget).

Also, if you haven't found it, once you know the postage (and weight) of your manuscript, you can pack it up and leave it on your doorstep (or workplace), if you're sending from the U.S. You just have to go online, pay for postage there, and schedule a pick-up. God, I wish I'd found that earlier in my previous subs. The time I've spent in line at the Post Office...

That actually sounds easier than what I do. My solution to avoid the post office was to buy a bunch of stamps of different values, calculate the postage online, put the stamps on it, and drop it right in the mail box. I think I had one bad experience paying online or something.

Thanks for the tip.