diff --git a/substack_api/category.py b/substack_api/category.py
index 8f8f48c..afc400e 100644
--- a/substack_api/category.py
+++ b/substack_api/category.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from time import sleep
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 import requests
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ def _fetch_newsletters_data(
             full_url = endpoint + str(page_num)
             r = requests.get(full_url, headers=HEADERS, timeout=30)
             r.raise_for_status()
+            sleep(2)  # Be polite to the server
 
             resp = r.json()
             newsletters = resp["publications"]
diff --git a/substack_api/newsletter.py b/substack_api/newsletter.py
index 2ed4cbd..1377a03 100644
--- a/substack_api/newsletter.py
+++ b/substack_api/newsletter.py
@@ -52,9 +52,12 @@ def _make_request(self, endpoint: str, **kwargs) -> requests.Response:
             The response object from the request
         """
         if self.auth and self.auth.authenticated:
-            return self.auth.get(endpoint, **kwargs)
+            resp = self.auth.get(endpoint, **kwargs)
         else:
-            return requests.get(endpoint, headers=HEADERS, **kwargs)
+            resp = requests.get(endpoint, headers=HEADERS, **kwargs)
+
+        sleep(2)  # Be polite to the server
+        return resp
 
     def _fetch_paginated_posts(
         self, params: Dict[str, str], limit: Optional[int] = None, page_size: int = 15
@@ -112,9 +115,6 @@ def _fetch_paginated_posts(
             if len(items) < batch_size:
                 more_items = False
 
-            # Be nice to the API
-            sleep(0.5)
-
         # Instead of creating Post objects directly, return the URLs
         # The caller will create Post objects as needed
         return results