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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-13-09 05:24 PM
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Hah! In advance of Palin's memoir, I have received a 40% off coupon
from Borders. Guess they're not expecting it to do very well, eh? :D
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Nuclear Unicorn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-13-09 05:25 PM
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1. Is the coupon only good for her book?
Or could you buy something from Howard Zinn?
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-13-09 05:29 PM
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2. It's specifically for her book! That's what makes it beautiful.
As a border's rewards member, I get forty percent off. Non-members get thirty percent. Either way she loses! :rofl:
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sazemisery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-13-09 05:30 PM
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3. Well, not actually.
She makes her money on the books sold to the booksellers, so she already made her money on the book you will buy. That is how she is already on the NYT Bestsellers list.
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-13-09 06:13 PM
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4. I wasn't thinking so much in terms of money as ego,
but I agree with your point!
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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-13-09 06:17 PM
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5. Just wait about a month after it's released...
... then you'll be able to buy 10 copies of it for a nickel with a subscription to Newsmax.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-13-09 06:41 PM
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6. Yours was specifically for her book?
I got an email announcing the release date of her book and promoting Borders' presale, but my coupon was good for any book. I got the new Dawkins book on the evidence for evolution. :D
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-13-09 09:57 PM
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7. It's possible I'm misreading it. Here it is:
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-13-09 10:02 PM
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8. I'm thinking of something else, I got an actual printable 40% coupon attached to the email
telling me her book was going on presale.
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Dangerously Amused Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 10:42 AM
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9. They would need to pay ME 40% of the book's price before I would take it off their hands.
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 01:09 PM
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10. the bigger the seller, the bigger the discount...
volume, volume, volume...

bugs me sometimes that I can get something like that, or the latest Harry Potter or Tom Clancy for 40% off, but can't find the same discount on books I actually want that are not be as popular. That's why I buy 90% of my books on Amazon...
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 01:27 PM
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11. Makes it officially cheaper than buying a fire log.
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 02:26 PM
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13. LMAO.
Something to think about!
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 01:41 PM
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12. I heard the first print run was 1.5 million. I bet they start showing up in
thrift shops next spring.

mark
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 04:13 PM
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14. It will be in thrift shops the day after thanksgiving!
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 06:50 PM
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15. You may be right - I see Glenn Beck's book alot, but never see anyone
buying it - it's the same stack for several weeks now.

mark
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