With a wave of a wand, discounts on Potter
Amazon.com is working the magic of discounting on Harry Potter fans.
According to Publishers Weekly, Amazon is offering the wildly anticipated finale to the series for $17.99, near half the $34.99 title. Customers who order Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows before its July 21 publication also will receive a $5 gift certificate for a purchase in August.
At barnesandnoble.com today, the book was selling for $20.99, or $18.89 for shoppers with a Barnes & Noble discount members card. Even the mighty Costco.com is selling the book for a buck more than Amazon at $18.99. Shipping charges aren't included.
This all goes to prove there are three major forces at work here. The forces of good, the forces of evil and the forces of retail competition. There's little mystery as to who shall prevail, at least as far as book sales go.
Publishers Weekly reports Amazon has taken almost 1.6 million orders worldwide for the book, which breaks all records set by author J.K. Rowling's first six books about the boy wizard. Looks as if Rowling, who penned the first Potter book as an impoversished single mum in Scotland, won't have to let rooms in her castle any time soon.
posted by Eileen Smith at 8:30 PM
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LOWER PRICE ALERT! Not to be outdone, Overstock.com is offering the Harry Potter book at $17.49, 3 percent less than Amazon.com
I'd like to add a caveat--I was talking with a coworker years ago before one of the recent Potter book releases, and she said she'd paid a dollar extra to one of the big vendors so that she'd be guaranteed a "first edition." This was not a person who was very savvy about book collection, so I'd like to warn everyone: People, people, don't pay extra for a first edition Harry Potter book! There are literally milliions of similar first editions flooding onto the market and they won't appreciate in value if you live to be 300. I don't know if anyone ever fell for this scam besides that one person, but I just wanted to say that.
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