In a way, I hate to mention this sale, because of displeasure that I've experienced in the past with this company's business operations.
Southern Illinois University (SIU) Press is celebrating its 60th year anniversary. In honor of the occasion, they are offering 60% off of a select group of their books, including ebooks.
Not surprisingly, SIU Press has many titles about Illinois, especially southern Illinois. However, they also specialize in titles about Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War. Again, not surprisingly.
An example of what I consider their ineptitude in conducting business: I saw more than one of their announcements about this current sale, and each say that the offer is valid through
November 30. Yet I just received notice in my email about the sale, and there is a dedicated webpage online at the present moment, for the sale, which gives that same information. I have to assume that the sale is still ongoing, but when does it end? I dunno. Furthermore, the promo code that you are supposed to use to is "November" (without the quotation marks)!
Despite the problems in their business operations, the books themselves seem to be solid works, books which would be worthwhile to read, and to do so with enjoyment.
The question arose in my mind, and perhaps does yours, too, about whether or not SIU Press' sale ebook prices are cheaper than Amazon's everyday Kindle prices (sorry, but I didn't see any information about what format(s) their ebooks come in). The answer is: sometimes they are and sometimes they aren't. And when SIU Press will be less expensive, it may be only by a few dollars. To many of us, that might make buying from the sale worthwhile, however. And, it might the little nudge that we need to get us to go ahead and buy an ebook that we would really appreciate, but would not have gone ahead and bought otherwise.
Again,
this is a webpage that gives information about the sale.