I did this for three summers in a row..Each route paid based on how many stops there were. Couldn't drop on a mailbox, had to be front porch. What I did, we had a huge 12 passenger van, took the seats out, loaded it up with books..Had a couple of my friend's kids that wanted to earn some extra summer money, and we'd start at 5:30 am (Most do it in the middle of the day..yuck!). My part of Michigan, it was June where it is HOT by noon.
We'd drop the two boys on one block with a wagon, and they'd have a 6 block radius. Since the wagon couldn't hold much, their sister and I stopped at the stop sign at each block and left a pile of new books for them. Then we'd go to another block or an apartment building and delivered a ton. If we did a street, I'd drive down it slowly, she'd carry a few books and go down the one side of the street, then we'd do the other.
The huge apartment buildings made it more interesting. We did do one site, it took us 3 hours, but that was 500 books! We let the boys do the easy one that time, they delivered to the area businesses.
Phone book delivery is no easy task, its HARD work!! We did a route a day, and got the books ready the night before..Ended up earning close to $1,000/week but then we spent about $200/week on gasoline, and we split the rest. Yellow Book loved us, we were the best team in the Kalamazoo area just because of how we did it compared to everyone else.