any book discounts

pondie1

anyone know of any online discounts for waterstones/blackwell online or similar stores,my daughter needs about £60 or more worth of books these online both have them,even whsmiths will do

Jewels3000

If you go to borderes between 4-6th Oct students can get 20% off books

pondie1

just realised is one in preston but online its amazon

colin79666

also check ebay for students selling good quality second hand copies
I got a book I needed for half the new price and it's in excellent condition

freebie_junkie

waterstones do a 10% discount instore and you dont need an NUS, any student card will do.

DrFluffy

Contact the big publishing houses and ask about 'oportunities for students'... You can get paid in book credit (or cash, but the value if you take the books is bigger). Over the last 2 years and 1 month I've gotten about £2,000 worth of books for nothing other than a few hours of my time...

jo_b_2

DrFluffy wrote:

Contact the big publishing houses and ask about 'oportunities for students'... You can get paid in book credit (or cash, but the value if you take the books is bigger). Over the last 2 years and 1 month I've gotten about £2,000 worth of books for nothing other than a few hours of my time...

Do you have any more information about what this involves?

DrFluffy

jo_b wrote:

Do you have any more information about what this involves?

Depends on what each house has going. I've done some work involving proof reading new texts before they go to press, I've done full reviews of texts in my specialist area to help publishers build a business case for bringing out a new edition, I've put together the scientific material for a sample of a new book series concept, I keep a blog of my time a uni for one publisher, I've done more benign stuff like critical analysis of book covers for new texts and new editions of text for impact factor etc...

All really intersting stuff. Approaching people can be a bit hit and miss, but if you put the leg work in, you'll eventually hit gold, and from there on in, internal recommendations seem to get you a lot of 'work'

skylineboy2002

ive just started a BSC computer studies at teeside...

and have picked 6 options (one module has a pt 1 n 2) so thats 5 optional modules...

ive just bought a book "visual basic 2005" from waterstones (who arent daft are they shop next to uni) for £50 (with discount).
and amazon will be getting £15 off me for another, and theres another one i need for professional studies ( a core module, everyone must do)...

all this and i havent even sorted out my finance yet, they want MORE evidence.,

anewman

Unfortunately Borders don't stock the books I want and you can't get discounts on books ordered in.

One discount not yet mentioned is the Amazon one with Nusextra. The Nusextra card costs £10 and you get 5% off at amazon. Unfortunately with this discount alone you would need to spend over £200 to get back what you paid on the card. Compared with other book stores though, Amazon books sometimes are already discounted.

And I saw this link posted elsewhere on this forum http://www.bookkoob.co.uk/

pondie1

how do u get the amazon discount with extra card,i tried to do for daughter and says card isnt registered and wont let me register it,im doin the orderin from home sent to her in accommodation