urrutiap

Im out of town right now and planning on going to the Barnes and Noble store in the morning to do some book shopping thats long overdue.

Just wondering if theres any book sales going on or anything at Barnes and Noble stores?

emanon

The Cow

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/h/coupons-deals

urrutiap

eh at online coupons.

What Barnes and Noble should do is have print out coupons for half off of paperbacks.

Those would come in handy since newer re-release paperbacks cost like 17 to 20 bucks just for one book. Especially newer paperbacks for Stephen King books.

zyzzle

Oh, for the days when (new-release!) paperbacks cost 95 cents or $1.25. That was only 45 years ago! (I'm looking at my Robin Cook, Stephen King, and Crichton vintage paperbacks now and see those prices, eg 'The Andromeda Strain, $1.25, printed in 1971). And in those intervening years, book costs have gone up TWENTY times??!! I don't think so.

As recently as 1985, new-release hardbacks were $9.95 or $10.95. Now, what, $35 to $40 for a new-release hardback? And paper quality has become so cheap. You're getting mostly pulp in that hardback now, whereas 20 or 30 years ago, your $12 got you a quaity, stiched binding, acid-free paper which wouldn't yellow in 2 years, and a good cloth cover. Now, you get shit (glued binding, cardboard, paper binding, and newspaper-quality pulp paper).

urrutiap

well my opinion, i think 14 to even 20 bucks for a newer re-release paperback whether its a Stephen King book at Barnes and Noble, its expensive.

I really do think Barnes and Noble should have better coupons for paperbacks. At least the Wheel of Time books are still in the 6.99 or 7.99 range

I aint gonna waste 20 bucks on one frikkin paperback whether its a Stephen King book or any book thats in those tall stretched out re-release paperbacks.

What's worse is the price for one single magazine issue at Barnes and Noble. 14 to even 20 bucks especially on those Retro Gamer videogame magazine issues.

TomOpus

Get a Kindle

rduncan

Get a NOOK!

Josh-da-man

Barnes & Noble doesn't set the price on those books. It's set by the publisher.

If they gave everyone who could print out a coupon 50% off of all paperbacks, they'd lose their asses. The store's discount on those books is probably only about 40% off of cover price.

And the last thing B&N needs to do right now is hemorrhage money.

The margins on books are already terrible. It's why over half of the floor space in B&N is stuff that isn't books.

urrutiap

Well I aint gonna waste 20 bucks on just one paperback from the Barnes and Noble.

You can go buy a 17.99 Stephen King paperback for me. That would be great