Where Can I Buy DK Books At A Discount?

Availability in non-US countries may vary. Unfortunately Book Depository, who used to offer free shipping worldwide, ceased to exist a couple of years ago. So you might want to check Amazon in your country, or look for a larger online retailer from your region, such as Blackwell’s in the UK, who still ship worldwide. The ISBN for the US hardcover is 978-1524759780. This should allow any bookstore to get a copy for you.

Sometimes the price is in the URL of the Amazon product page. (When I view an Amazon product page in my browser, I can view the URL of that page). Most of the time I haven’t been able to find any reference to the price in the URL, but occasionally I have found &p=9.99 or &price=9.99 in the URL. I have listed these examples to demonstrate that occasionally the price can be found in the URL of the Amazon product page. However, I must stress that sometimes this isn’t there and therefore it isn’t something that you should rely on. The main way that you will see the price is below the ‘Buy now with 1-Click’ button. It’s usually a very large figure!

You can find Dolly's children's books, including "Billy the Kid Makes It Big" at most Walmart stores between the regular picture books. There are also online copies of her books, including autographed copies, that can be found on websites such as eBay. Many of her books are also available on Audible.com for audiobook download. Her books are found at many local fairs and country-themed gift shops here in Tennessee. I can recommend any of her children’s books as they are always fun and often have a lot of humor and heart to them. We even have a handmade “patchwork” scarf that my niece made inspired by Dolly’s “Coat of Many Colors”.

As I said earlier, online retailers like Etsy also offer very affordable books, including some interesting self-published history books and even historical zines. It’s great to support independent authors and even learn something new from their works, and often for a low price too. If you have a large bookstore like a Barnes & Noble near you, also check their discount sections both online and in-store. I was surprised to find some very affordable books in their online sale section, and it makes for a fun little scavenger hunt to find the perfect book for you!

Audiobooks on the other hand can have completely different audio rights. So you can search for the title on Audible, on Libro.fm, on Kobo Audiobooks or on Google Play Audiobooks, for example. Often, the audiobook version is even sold globally when the ebook isn’t. If you like to listen to books, then that’s an even better option for you. And yes, you can listen to it on your phone. Some audiobooks even come with a PDF or with a very basic transcript. But that’s not really the same as reading a book. For me it’s even become a completely new way of reading stories, because sometimes I even subscribe to a service just so I can read a geo-blocked ebook as an audiobook.

I just LOVE Tonya Kappes’ novels – so cute for a light-hearted mystery read. I have found her books online at Walmart’s website, as well as from time to time at Target stores when they have a “Buy 2 Get 1 Free” sale. You can even find some of her older titles in vintage paperbacks at Etsy stores, which is how I managed to get all of the “Grandberry Falls” titles. If you’re looking for something a bit more affordable, Scribd has a subscription model that allows you to read several of her titles every month for a flat fee. And, used bookstores like Better World Books can often be found that donate a portion of their proceeds to programs that promote literacy. Tonya’s stories are like a big hug and half the fun is searching out her various titles.

As the owner of a small online bookstore, I rely on a variety of sources to secure the best deals on the books that I sell online. For McGraw-Hill books, I look to their bulk ebook pricing, which varies based on the amount of copies of a book that you purchase. Typically, the discount begins at 10% on orders of 10 or more and increases to 30% or so on larger orders. Also, often, ebook licenses can be set up to include features such as multiple users or extended download periods, etc. For example, I just recently had ordered up 10 copies of the ‘McGraw-Hill Education’s SAT Prep’ ebook and received a custom offer for a mixture of their top sellers and their most current titles at lower prices than regular list. If you’re ordering up for a classroom or for corporate training, be sure to ask about special agreements, as they can usually work with you. Sign up for the McGraw-Hill Educator newsletter (if you are eligible) for information about bulk offers on their books. In addition, make sure to ask about free shipping on ancillary items that accompany e-books that you order in bulk. There is often significant savings hidden in such offers.

To get affordable new Spanish books, I often use BookDepository because they have free shipping. And on occasion, they have sales too. To get used Spanish books on the cheap, I turn to listings on Mercari or OfferUp. Many people who are posting these books have no idea how much they’re actually going for. I found ‘Pedro Páramo’ for $3 recently. And at the end of a semester, university bookstores often have lots of used required texts for very low prices—thus I got ‘Don Quijote’ for $8.

When people talk about ‘free’ downloads and ‘legal’ downloads, there’s a lot of confusion as to what they mean. A legal download of a PDF would typically be one where the copyright holder has given permission for it to be downloaded. Often this is in return for payment (to buy a copy), or for people to have access to the PDF through their local library (via an OverDrive account). Occasionally someone may give permission for a PDF to be downloaded temporarily as part of a promotion (and this would have been explicitly stated by the publisher). In general, if you want a legal PDF, you have three choices: buy it from the publisher’s online store (e.g. Wiley, Amazon), borrow it from a lending library that has a valid license to supply it to you (e.g. via a library’s OverDrive account), or have a subscription to a site that has bought a license to make it available to subscribers (e.g. Perlego, O’Reilly). All else is piracy, which undermines the authors of these very useful guides. They contain a lot of useful information, and it’s worth paying for them so that the series can continue to be written.

ThriftBooks and AbeBooks occasionally list early used copies at ThriftBooks and AbeBooks as used copies – so you can see what others thought of the book and it’s been read before so you know it’s been used before too! I can sometimes find the author’s latest title or so within the libraries’ ebook collection to read within the same week it’s released in hardback and that’s with Libby. For those of you outside the US – as Book Depository used to be my number one choice for new books before they sadly closed down – I’d recommend giving Blackwell’s (UK) a go instead for new releases. Tessier’s Instagram mentioned that she did order signed pre-publication copies of her latest via her publisher’s website – so keep an eye on an author’s Instagram account for any such announcements in the future for the chance to order signed copies!