The Book Depository 24 hour sale - 21st Feb

miamee

Just got an email to say the next 24 hour sale will take place on Thursday 21st Feb starting at 12 noon GMT. I first heard of it here in the last one pre-Christmas so I thought I'd post this up here too.

Our 24-hour sale is back and it's bigger than ever. We now have 100 books on offer over 25 hours. A new bargain will be up every 15 minutes instead of one per an hour. Oh yes, it's true.
Tweet #100booksale

More info here.

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Starting this Thursday 21st the book depository are having a sale on a 100 books over a 25 hour period, one every 15 minutes check out this link for more info, maybe pick up the coffee maker in Aldi and have a go for all 100

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This just started with the first offer just so you know

miamee

Flip, just missed out on that thanks to not having my payment details saved and then faffing around looking for Paypal option...ah well.

It was Salman Rushdie's 'Luka' and 'Fire of Life' in one book for €6.94.

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fatcheese gives 4.5% rebate.

for those who doubt it is still in use.

I got 30€ transferred to my bank this week and another 8.81 available to withdraw today:D

miamee

Just noticed the price on the current book has gone down since it went live - not sure if that was a mistake at the start €10.01, now €8.68 or if they are adding extra discount if it's not moving fast enough. It's MasterChef EveryDay.

sgarvan

you gotta be quick getting the books!! 77 seconds to sell out 100 books

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sgarvan wrote: »

you gotta be quick getting the books!! 77 seconds to sell out 100 books

The Google Book went before the clock had even changed:D

GalwayGuy2

A book called Blind Descent is on sale now for 4.34

Here's the summary;)

The deepest cave on earth was a prize that had remained unclaimed for centuries, long after every other ultimate discovery had been made. This is the story of the men and women who risked everything to find it, earning their place in history beside the likes of Peary, Amundsen, Hillary, and Armstrong. In 2004, two great scientist-explorers attempted to find the bottom of the world. Bold, American Bill Stone was committed to the vast Cheve Cave, located in southern Mexico and deadly even by supercave standards. On the other side of the globe, legendary Ukrainian explorer Alexander Klimchouk - Stone's opposite in temperament and style - had targeted Krubera, a freezing nightmare of a supercave in the Republic of Georgia. `Blind Descent` explores both the brightest and darkest aspects of the timeless human urge to discover - to be first. It is also a thrilling epic about a pursuit that makes even extreme mountaineering and ocean exploration pale by comparison. These supercavers spent months in multiple camps almost two vertical miles deep and many more miles from their caves' exits. They had to contend with thousand-foot drops, deadly flooded tunnels, raging whitewater rivers, monstrous waterfalls, mile-long belly crawls, and much more. Perhaps even worse were the psychological horrors produced by weeks plunged into absolute, perpetual darkness, beyond all hope of rescue, including a particularly insidious derangement called `The Rapture`. `Blind Descent` is a testament to human survival and endurance - and to two extraordinary men whose relentless pursuit of greatness led them to heights of triumph and depths of tragedy neither could have imagined.

It actually sounds pretty kickass:O

GalwayGuy2

Decline of the English Murder

Contains essays that explore the English love of reading about a good murder in the papers (and lament the passing of the heyday of the 'perfect' murder involving class, sex and poisoning). This book also unfolds the author's views on things from boys' weeklies to naughty seaside postcards.

TLDR= Grumpy man complaining:P

Sounds kind of odd though.

Edit: Jesus it sold out in under a minute:O

vicwatson

Are people buying for the sake of getting a supposed deal? even if they don't want the book? 100 books ain't much for worldwide audience

vicwatson

What You Need to Know About Starting a Business (Paperback)
by Kevin Duncan

18 euro on Easons !

vicwatson

This "sale" is balls

How can 100 books be sold out in less than 15 seconds as what happened with the 14.45 book.

load of crap

Ceist_Beag

I know these tend to be crap but just in case anyone wants to take a look, this is on again today since midday.

miamee

I still haven't read the one book I bought last time! But I'll take a look, thanks.

coffee_cake

Le Snob: Shoes (Hardback) Linda O'Keefe

€4.56 Save €6.00 56% off RRP €10.40 Sorry, this item is now sold out!


ye wha

Lissavane

I've bought several large format hardback books from Amazon over the years and all have been delivered to me in perfect condition.

I bought one last year from Book Depository, because there was a slight saving over Amazon and the book had a "ding" on the top right corner resulting in the pages being slightly warped through about a quarter of the book. The shipping packaging seemed intact. Left it under weight for a while, which helped but it's not perfect.

I spoke to an author who has visited publishing houses and book distributors and he tells me that that type of damage usually occurs on the dispatch line, prior to final packaging, rather than in transit

If I pay E50-E80 for a recently published first edition book, that might be quite valuable, in time, I expect absolute mint condition.

Maybe i was unlucky with Book Depository, or maybe they palm off stuff that Amazon would not sell under their own name. I think the companies are linked.

coffee_cake

A hello kitty book yesterday, another one today...

sok2005

Think it's over now.

vicwatson

Lissavane wrote: »

I've bought several large format hardback books from Amazon over the years and all have been delivered to me in perfect condition.

I bought one last year from Book Depository, because there was a slight saving over Amazon and the book had a "ding" on the top right corner resulting in the pages being slightly warped through about a quarter of the book. The shipping packaging seemed intact. Left it under weight for a while, which helped but it's not perfect.

I spoke to an author who has visited publishing houses and book distributors and he tells me that that type of damage usually occurs on the dispatch line, prior to final packaging, rather than in transit

If I pay E50-E80 for a recently published first edition book, that might be quite valuable, in time, I expect absolute mint condition.

Maybe i was unlucky with Book Depository, or maybe they palm off stuff that Amazon would not sell under their own name. I think the companies are linked.

Yes I'd say unlucky.

Amazon did purchase Book Depository last year or 2011.

I've purchased from BD for the last 4 years and I've yet to encounter a problem.

What did BD say when you contacted them to advise of your problem/unhappiness ???