Saving Money on Books (and Shipping)

Posted on February 1st, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

A question that came in from a Life of E’s member:

I will be purchasing many books this coming year. I have already bought a number of books from Amazon.com. I have seen different offers from them where you pay a yearly fee and then get free shipping (for example). I’ve seen other promotions from them, but I’m not sure what they are. Anyway, are you aware of any specials they offer which may be worth signing up for? Also, do you know of any other sites similar to Amazon that may be better for purchasing books or other items we may need for our type of business?

I’m pretty dedicated to amazon although sometimes I do order from Barnes & Noble. Part of what has made me use Amazon almost exclusively is their Amazon Prime program. You pay only $79 per year and then everything is shipped 2nd day. Plus, if you want to upgrade to overnight, it’s only $3.99. I figure I saved **way** more than $79 in shipping this past year…plus, it’s pretty much for anything I order shipped to anywhere (book-wise, that is). So when I order the books for others in my workshops or mentoring programs, I have them shipped right from Amazon–you get them in 2 days and it’s much cheaper than what I used to do which was have them shipped here, then we packaged them up and sent them out. So, it’s worth it, to me.

Lots of people like half.com…I just never have really used it, although others rave about it.

If you find other good offers, please post in the comment section.