How would we fare with UPS shipping?
The news is good. Your book comes packed in a rigid cardboard box 12″ x 9″ x 3.5″ which would be a spacious ride for a digest-sized hardback if it were not for the copious quantity of bubble wrap surrounding your plastic wrapped book:
![Shipping box compared to OCE boxed set.](https://i0.wp.com/www.immersiveink.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/unboxing_DD_1.jpg?resize=300%2C225)
The box is packed tight with padding; there’s no way the content is going to move even a quarter-inch during transit, and–short of someone dropping a refrigerator on it from 20ft–it is unlikely to be damaged :
![Box packed with bubble wrap.](https://i2.wp.com/www.immersiveink.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/unboxing_DD_2.jpg?resize=300%2C225)
Buried deep down inside all that bubble wrap you’ll find a water-tight plastic bag containing the main event:
![Hardback in a plastic bag.](https://i0.wp.com/www.immersiveink.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/unboxing_DD_3-e1432897594831-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300)
Finally, you’ll come face to face with your book; and have enough plastic lying about to gift wrap a giraffe.
![The book in hand, at last.](https://i0.wp.com/www.immersiveink.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/unboxing_DD_5.jpg?resize=300%2C225)
In all, UPS shipping looks to be a very sound option in terms of protection.