Amazon stopped discounting?
May. 7th, 2006 09:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Was on Amazon.com this morning and noticed that they are no longer discounting new massmarket paperbacks. A quick search confirmed that there seems to be a new policy--hardcovers and tradepaperbacks are discounted, massmarket is not.
Anyone else noticed this? As far as I can tell this is a recent phenomenon.
Anyone else noticed this? As far as I can tell this is a recent phenomenon.
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Date: 2006-05-07 02:18 pm (UTC)Mind you, I do very much like buying books locally, especially now that my city has a bookstore (and an independent one at that).
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Date: 2006-05-07 02:55 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-05-07 02:20 pm (UTC)And older massmarkets have always been pushed back to cover price for a long time now.
But I just checked a newly published book, and that's not discounted either.
Damn, I think you are right.
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Date: 2006-05-07 02:59 pm (UTC)The discount for older MM titles has also been variable. For a while they went back to cover price, but my most recent orders have been at 10% discount, including an order I placed in April.
Hmm. The plot thickens.
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Date: 2006-05-07 03:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-05-07 05:26 pm (UTC)ST doesn't seem to have a discount yet. Or do they only start applying the discount once the book comes out?
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Date: 2006-05-07 11:10 pm (UTC)BN.COM still discounts their massmarket paperbacks, and offers free shipping on orders over $25, so they're another option.
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Date: 2006-05-08 12:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-05-08 01:37 pm (UTC)