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Originally Posted by rhadin
If you are a member of B&N, you get a 20% discount on every adult hardcover, fiction or nonfiction, when bought in the store. If the hardcover is already on 20% or 30% discount, you get an additional 10%. And if you use a B&N credit card to pay for the books, you get a 5% rebate on the credit card. I don't consider 20% to be a slight discount, although I would love a higher one.
You can get a lower price by buying at B&N.com rather than at the store.
When I shop at the local mom & pop bookstore, I find that many books have at least a 10% discount and some as much as 50%. I think they are somewhat competitive pricewise; the biggest failing is one they cannot easily overcome -- small selection.
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You're fortunate to have an independent bookshop locally. I have only one within 50 miles and they don't discount.
Yes, no matter how you slice it prices will usually be less expensive online. I do think B&N should offer higher in-store discounts. And paperbacks only get 10% off w/membership.