Check It Out: Black Friday edition
I bet you came to the site today, expecting a list of the world's greatest cookbooks. Well, I fooled you! You get to decide which cookbooks you love, and I'm not going to try to convince you otherwise, even if it is the Starving Students' Cookbook.
Instead, I've decided to step into Consuming Interests' territory today and share some Black Friday events at our local bookstores. I'm sure there are a few I'm missing, so if you've heard of any upcoming deals, do share them. Everybody loves a sale!
Atomic Books will open an hour early and close an hour late (approximately 10-8), and have a good deal of merchandise priced at up to 50 percent off. Owner Benn Ray also mentioned that many Hampden stores are opening early and offering customers doughnuts, mimosas and the like.
All new and used books in the store are marked down 25 percent at The Book Escape, though online inventory is excluded from the sale.
Breathe books will be open 11-7, and owner Susan Weis tells me she's added a lot of new titles to the bargain book trunk.
All books at Daedalus are 10 percent off on Friday, and the store will stay open until 10 p.m. Even better, there will be free performances of the Black Cherry Puppet Theater's The Frog Prince at noon and 2 p.m. Later, you can enjoy jazz with Charlie Sigler from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Greetings & Readings has a special bonus for shoppers who show up between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.: a coupon that gives 20 percent off their entire purchase, and 25 percent off of one item. As an extra incentive, there's a fee continental breakfast for customers who arrive before 9 a.m. If that's not enough excitement for one day, Santa will be at the store that evening.
Mystery Loves Company, which will unfortunately be leaving us after Dec. 31st, has an ongoing sale of 25 percent off all merchandise in the store; so you don't even have to wait until after Thanksgiving.
Normal's patrons will find a 20 percent sale on all used items, on Friday and again during the week of Dec. 17-24.
At Red Canoe, you'll get a free cup of regular coffee with every book purchase, and 15 percent off any purchase of $50 or more.
Kevin Johnson of Royal Books let me know that while they don't have a sale scheduled, "I guarantee that if you visit, we will be able to discount every book you buy at 20 percent or more."
Finally, Ukazoo will have plenty of "gift sets" for sale, which manager Olivia Tejeda describes as "bundles of themed books with prices that start under $4." There will also be a 20 percent discount on stationary sets and Rio Grande games.
Happy shopping, Read Streeters!
Comments
Even though the Book Thing of Baltimore isn't open on "Black Friday"they are open every Sat. and Sun. Everything is free and you can put together the ultimate holiday gift of books.
Posted by: Florida Reader | November 26, 2008 7:20 AM
A couple of additions:
Greg from The Ivy says there will be autographed copies of books by Taylor Branch, Tom Brokaw, Martha Galleher, "The Missing Thai Silk King, the story of Jim Thompson," Annie Liebowitz, Michael Olesker, Martha Frick Symington Sanger, T"he Frick Collection Trilogy: Henry Clay Frick, Frick Houses and Helen Clay Frick," and David Sedaris. They'll also offer free holiday gift wrapping. And 20 percent off of New York Times hard-cover best-sellers.
Whew!
And Red Emma's is offering a 10 percent discount on any title with the words "black" or "anarchism" in it.
Posted by: Nancy | November 26, 2008 11:29 AM
Ukazoo also has a gift card promotion beginning Black Friday and throughout the holiday shopping season. If you buy a $25 gift card, you get a $5 gift card for free. There is also an ongoing promotion of Buy 3 Books, Get 1 For Free!
Posted by: janna | November 26, 2008 8:24 PM