Printers Lobbying for Postal Rate Relief

WASHINGTON, DC—A House of Representatives hearing is scheduled for Wednesday at 2 p.m., and Ovid Bell Press CEO John Bell is hoping that a group of printers, publishers and associations can make a sufficient stink regarding postal rates.

While Congress can’t control the rates set by the Postal Rate Commission, Bell is hoping to share horror stories from printers and publishers to prove that some rates are having catastrophic effects on short- and medium-run publications and periodicals. He noted that two drastic cases resulted in a 50+ percent increase in mailing costs.