Sticker Shock: Size of Postal Increase Stuns Publishers

March 6 update: The PRC sent the proposed Standard, Periodicals, and Package Services rates back to the Postal Service for revisions and clarifications. Here's the PRC press release.

Although the April postage hike for Periodicals will supposedly average only 1.4%, some publishers are learning that their increases will be 10 times that amount.

The biggest rate increases will probably hit