{"product_id":"book-wraps-light-duty","title":"Book Wraps Light-Duty","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eLightweight corrugated \u003cstrong\u003ebook wraps\u003c\/strong\u003e for UK booksellers, second-hand sellers, charity shops and online retailers. Also sold as \u003cstrong\u003elight duty book wraps\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ebook wrap mailers\u003c\/strong\u003e, bookwraps, cardboard book wrap packaging, economy book mailers or wraparound book packs. Variable depth, peel-and-seal closure and a tear strip, supplied flat in trade packs, manufacturer-direct.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe sizes shown are maximum internal dimensions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEvery figure in the size table is the \u003cstrong\u003emaximum internal size\u003c\/strong\u003e — the largest item the wrap will close around. It is not the size of the finished pack, and it is not a fixed depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwo things follow from that, and both matter when you're choosing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize to your contents, not to the wrap.\u003c\/strong\u003e Measure the largest title you post regularly and pick the size that clears it. A wrap that is slightly too big still works; one that is a millimetre too small does not close.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe finished pack is a little larger than the internal figure.\u003c\/strong\u003e The board wraps around your contents, so the outside measures more than the inside. On most sizes that is immaterial. On the largest it is the difference between two postage bands — see below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eVariable depth: Large Letter or Small Parcel, depending on what's inside\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA book wrap has no fixed depth. The scored board folds down to whatever is inside it and the flap seals wherever it lands, so one size covers a single paperback and a stack of four. That flexibility is the reason to use a wrap instead of a rigid box — but it also means \u003cstrong\u003eyour postage band follows your contents, not your packaging\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe two bands you'll be working between:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRoyal Mail Large Letter\u003c\/strong\u003e — up to 353 × 250 × 25mm and 750g. The cheapest band a book wrap can reach.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRoyal Mail Small Parcel\u003c\/strong\u003e — up to 450 × 350 × 160mm and 2kg. Where anything thicker than 25mm lands.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eLight duty board is the thinnest grade we stock, which means it adds the least to the finished thickness. On a slim paperback, a CD or a DVD, that margin is often what keeps a pack inside 25mm instead of a millimetre or two over — and the step up from Large Letter to Small Parcel is the most expensive line in the Royal Mail price list to cross.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePacked to their full internal depth, all three sizes here travel as Small Parcels. Folded slim around a single title, the two smaller sizes come inside Large Letter. The \u003cstrong\u003e310 × 250mm\u003c\/strong\u003e size is a Small Parcel in practice: 250mm is its maximum internal width, Royal Mail measures the outside, and the board puts the finished pack over the limit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGauge a packed sample before you commit.\u003c\/strong\u003e Fold a wrap around your most common title, measure it as it will actually go out, and weigh it. 750g arrives sooner than people expect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhen light duty is the right call\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eLight duty is the volume specification — the thinnest board in the range, the lowest cost per unit, and the wrap that folds slimmest around what's inside it. That suits three situations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHigh volume, everyday stock.\u003c\/strong\u003e If you're posting hundreds of paperbacks a week, the per-unit difference between grades is the difference that shows up in your margin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLow value per item.\u003c\/strong\u003e Used paperbacks, clearance stock, charity donations, bulk media. Board heavy enough to protect a £4 book, without paying for board sized to protect a £40 one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSlim contents.\u003c\/strong\u003e A single paperback, a CD, a DVD, a magazine — anything where keeping the pack under 25mm is worth more than extra board.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIf you're sending hardbacks, boxed sets or anything signed or collectible, this isn't the grade. Go to \u003ca href=\"\/products\/book-wraps-medium-duty\"\u003emedium duty\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/products\/book-wraps-heavy-duty\"\u003eheavy duty\u003c\/a\u003e instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eLight, medium or heavy duty?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLight duty\u003c\/strong\u003e — paperbacks, CDs, DVDs, magazines and high-volume everyday dispatch. The thinnest fold and the best chance of a Large Letter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/book-wraps-medium-duty\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium duty\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — the everyday all-rounder. Step up when you're mixing paperbacks with thicker titles, or shipping through networks with several handling points.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/book-wraps-heavy-duty\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeavy duty\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e — hardbacks, art books, boxed sets, vinyl, signed and collectible stock. Reinforced board for where a damage claim costs more than the packaging ever would.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe honest rule: buy the lightest grade that gets your stock there intact. Paying for board you don't need is cost, and so is a claim you could have avoided.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat fits\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperbacks and trade paperbacks\u003c\/strong\u003e, single or in small bundles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCDs, DVDs and Blu-rays\u003c\/strong\u003e, singly or in sets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMagazines, zines and catalogues\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSlim softback and educational titles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDocuments, prints and flat card\u003c\/strong\u003e needing rigid protection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUsed and second-hand book stock\u003c\/strong\u003e at volume\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFor vinyl, use a purpose-made \u003ca href=\"\/products\/vinyl-record-mailer\"\u003evinyl record mailer\u003c\/a\u003e. For a rigid alternative that doesn't fold to contents, see \u003ca href=\"\/products\/book-mailer-envelopes\"\u003ebook mailer envelopes\u003c\/a\u003e. The full range sits in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/postal\"\u003epostal packaging\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThree sizes, each quoted as maximum internal dimensions. The simplest way to choose is by the paper size you're posting:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e216 × 154 × 52mm\u003c\/strong\u003e — A5 books (210 × 148mm), standard paperbacks, CDs and DVDs. The size most second-hand booksellers run as their default.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e280 × 205 × 70mm\u003c\/strong\u003e — B5 and trade paperbacks (250 × 176mm), small hardbacks, magazines. Too small for A4.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e310 × 250 × 70mm\u003c\/strong\u003e — A4 (297 × 210mm), large-format paperbacks, catalogues and art prints. This is the A4 book wrap size.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize to the footprint; the depth handles itself.\u003c\/strong\u003e That's the point of a wrap. Choose length and width to suit your largest common title and let the fold take care of thickness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMost high-volume sellers settle on one size for standard novels and a second for larger-format titles. Two sizes usually cover a whole range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBuying by the pack\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSupplied flat in trade packs with price breaks as quantities increase. Flat delivery matters on a wrap: these arrive as scored sheets and take a fraction of the storage a made-up mailer would.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWe buy these direct from the manufacturer as part of a manufacturing group, at volumes a reseller can't reach, and hold them across more than 100,000 square feet of warehousing. No middleman margin, and stock on the shelf rather than on order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSwitching from another supplier and not sure which size matches? \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact\"\u003eSend us the code or dimensions you buy now\u003c\/a\u003e and we'll match it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDelivery and returns\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNext-day dispatch on UK mainland orders, with free UK mainland delivery and a £75 minimum order. Full terms on our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/delivery-shipping-policy\"\u003edelivery \u003c\/a\u003eand \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/returns-refund-policy\"\u003ereturns\u003c\/a\u003e pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BoxPac","offers":[{"title":"216 x 154 x 52mm","offer_id":58935813177608,"sku":"BP4011","price":11.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"280 x 205 x 70mm","offer_id":58935813210376,"sku":"BP4013","price":17.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"310 x 250 x 70mm","offer_id":58935813243144,"sku":"BP4014","price":20.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1022\/1571\/3032\/files\/DSC_2016.jpg?v=1790771381","url":"https:\/\/www.boxpac.net\/products\/book-wraps-light-duty","provider":"BoxPac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}