In message , at 06:53:50 on
Wed, 29 Feb 2012, Robert Neville remarked:
What would Amazon use in the USA if you bought a book for say $10?

Depends on what type of memebership you have and what shipping plan you select.
For regular members, standard shipping on an order with a book only would use US
Postal Service media mail. Takes 7-14 days.

That's a bit slow, but I suppose it's a big country. In UK we'd expect 3
days on average for ultra-cheap postal service, and I often get things
less than 24hrs after ordering using regular next-day postal service.

Upgraded (extra fee) shipping is offered for 2 day or overnight
service. Those are available from the Postal Service, Fed Ex and UPS at
Amazon's discretion.

What sort of order of magnitude is that extra fee?
--
Roland Perry