Yup, you just wait.
OK. Here’s what I use for various wrapping. For trade-size paperbacks (that ubiquitous common paperback size) I wrap in saran wrap, then I use the two-sheet wrapper that you print off on the PBS site, then I use clear packing tape over the package. This is the one I can do in less than thirty seconds. 🙂 I can use the tape over the whole package because I add on my postage usually at the grocery store down the block. If you print PBS postage, you CANNOT tape over it.
For other books–hardcovers, I use brown paper bags or brown postal paper. I usually put the book inside a plastic grocery bag, tape it shut, wrap in brown paper, tape and then tape the ONE-PAGE PBS wrapper over the top of the package.
For odd-sized books, like the little inexpensive paperback Golden Books, I save mailing envelopes from things people mail to me, stick them in that, tape the one-page PBS wrapper over it.
I try to use as much recycled material as I can to keep the cost down. The one thing I really believe in is lots of packing tape! I’ve never gotten a damaged or wet book that was well-taped.
Michelle D