When making a submission, at what point (paper count, presumably) does one abandon the tri-fold business envelope and graduate to either a half-envelope, with one fold, or a full-size envelope to accommodate unfolded 8.5 X 11 sheets? Are manila envelopes appropriate for either half-size or full-size, or should one go with white First Class? All this, of course, only after writing & rewriting to the best of one's abilities.
It is to your financial advantage to stuff as much in a small envelope as space will allow - which can vary based on the thickness of the paper but is usually not more then 10 pages. We don't care, honestly, how the query gets to us. We do, however, get annoyed by SASEs that are stationary-sized. That means we have super-fold our reply letter so it will fit and it looks ridiculous. Don't give us a return envelope smaller than a traditional letter envelope.
Try not to go first class unless you have to. (The post office will make you do so over a certain weight, unless you want to send it media mail) It's expensive and it's just a query letter.
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Stationery. Stacks of submissions that never move and are at no risk of toppling may be considered "stationary," though.
Your last paragraph confuses me; do you mean Priority Mail, perhaps? First class is the norm for sending a few pieces of paper through the mail in an envelope; the only cheaper thing is media mail, and would the USPS let you send a few pages in an envelope media mail? (I don't know, I wouldn't have thought so.)
To make a suggestion that is completely off any topic: maybe we could all agree to use the much cuter smiley face =) rather than the smushed one :). Just a thought.
Did I spell "smushed" correctly?
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