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Guys, i was buying some books from amazon.com recently and saw this come up on the bottom right of my screen. Hope it may be useful to someone here. Long time reader, first time bargain submitter here, apologies if its of no interest in advance :-|

Limited Time Offer: Save 30% on any Book on Amazon.com

Take an extra 30% off any book offered by Amazon.com from now until December 1.

Enter code BOOKDEAL.

Here's how. (restrictions apply). — see link:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_396540222…

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  • UncleRico on 28/11/2013 - 20:52
    +7

    Good deal by Amazon standards as they rarely have promos on books anymore, but it's capped at a mere $10 off.

    That's less than the additional postage they charge per book ($10.94-$11.97 depending on weight), meaning you'll usually find a better deal for the same item somewhere on www.booko.com.au.

    Sorry to be a killjoy :-(

    • calcium on 28/11/2013 - 21:11

      Postage is pretty steep.
      I looked at getting a book which costs $50 and postage on that was almost $40.

    • Mr Wowtrousers on 29/11/2013 - 21:52

      Yeah, just noticed it is maxed at $10 … almost pointless (but a deal nevertheless)

  • cpl123 on 28/11/2013 - 21:16

    Used it. Thanks

  • Sweet3st on 28/11/2013 - 21:45

    Postage at nearly $12 killed it for me.

  • AussieMark on 28/11/2013 - 21:45
    +3

    Can any of this work on kindle books?

    • kapone on 28/11/2013 - 21:51
      +3

      This

    • ItsMeAgro on 29/11/2013 - 11:07

      I tried, but there's nowhere to put the code in, so I think it's a no.

      Pretty backwards, since they'll surely lose less money doing discounts on kindle titles than physical books…

    • cannedhams on 29/11/2013 - 20:26

      You can do it in a round about way by buying gift cards and then applying then to your account

      Eta sorry I guess not

  • [Deactivated] on 28/11/2013 - 23:59
    +2

    Wow, I just realised I haven't bought a book from Amazon in years (despite buying plenty of other things from them) since I almost never find them the cheapest anymore when it comes to books. I just went through a few books on my wish list, and Amazon wasn't the cheapest for any of them even with this coupon.

    I guess that's the Amazon business model: kill off competitors through a sustained and aggressive price war, and once market dominance in a particular sector is achieved, raise margins and rake in fat profits.

    Always check booko.com.au first! :)

  • Benoffie on 29/11/2013 - 00:15
    +1

    Hate to say it but even Big W is beating Booko at the moment. The latest Matthew Reilly hardcover, for example, is $18 at Big W, cheapest on Booko is $25 and Amazon are only doing it in Kindle. It's a good offer for harder to get titles but with a $10 cap, I wouldn't go out of my way (Amazon UK can sometimes be cheaper).

    • NoApostrophePlurals on 29/11/2013 - 01:01
      +1

      Yep, Booko is hardly accurate at all. It actually doesn't show the cheapest prices for Amazon all the time. Example, I just bought Visionaire 57. Booko listed The Book Depository being the cheapest for $101, whilst it showed the Amazon price as $301. I got it off Amazon with free shipping for $79.95.

      If you are spending more money on reference, text or art books or anything that might cost a fair bit, I'd spend more time than just punching it into Booko. On the other hand, for popular novels, I'd look at Big W/K Mart/Target which also seems to do better prices on some occasions.

      • team teri on 29/11/2013 - 01:04
        +2

        How did you get free shipping?

      • UncleRico on 29/11/2013 - 07:38

        Free shipping from Amazon?

        Whilst booko has never shown prices for the hundreds of other vendors who potentially ship items via the "fulfilled by Amazon" defacto service, I've never had issues with its accuracy. Obviously, you need to apply any coupon discounts over and above the listed pricing, but again I've never spotted a single variation on the sites it covers - and it's a pretty exhaustive list.

  • subywagon on 29/11/2013 - 00:26
    +1

    Since when did amazon sell books???

    • murkywater on 29/11/2013 - 00:57

      Since they were founded as an online BOOKSTORE?

      • NoApostrophePlurals on 29/11/2013 - 01:08
        +2

        You really couldn't read the sarcasm there? It's a shame you weren't on the same page as subywagon. You'll probably say you too were being sarcastic to cover up your oversight.

        • subywagon on 29/11/2013 - 01:35
          +2

          He may need to learn to read between the lines…

    • Moots on 29/11/2013 - 02:43

      www.amazon.com.au

      The entire website is based off books, nothing else.

  • voteoften on 29/11/2013 - 01:13

    Thanks OP. Saved $9 US and it prompted me to invest in some books that look really good.

  • [Deactivated] on 29/11/2013 - 11:15

    T&C: The maximum benefit you may receive from this offer is $10.

  • antler on 29/11/2013 - 12:28

    Maximum benefit is $10!!!

  • antler on 29/11/2013 - 13:33

    Looked at a few books and a majority of them can be found cheaper at the book depository (with free shipping)!

    Shipping ruins most of the savings from Amazon :-/

    • team teri on 29/11/2013 - 16:28
      +1

      And the saddest thing about this: Bookdepository is owned by Amazon - just like Abe Books by the way. They are cornering the market!

  • MadJD on 30/11/2013 - 00:06
    +1

    Just saved AUD $11.41 on a C programming book that dropped USD $3.35 since yesterday as well. Been looking at buying it for a while so this was perfect timing.

    Cheers sachz! :)

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