# Great Book deal at Amazon.com **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 1999, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-book-deal-at-amazon-com/8652 "1999-09-28T23:56:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 1999, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-book-deal-at-amazon-com/8652/1 "1999-09-28T23:56:00Z")
Check out this deal if you like books (who doesn’t??) They are having a promo- any of the selected titles they have listed for a penny each (limit 2). I actually ordered two, and it came to around $4.30 with shipping. Not bad for two hardcover books (I got the Walter Cronkite book and one by Patricia Cornwell) I thought at first it was some kind of club, but it’s just a really good promo… [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/promotions/penny-promo.html/ref=b\_bh\_c\_p\_3/002-3288490-4236254](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/promotions/penny-promo.html/ref=b_bh_c_p_3/002-3288490-4236254) I hope that link worked… If not, go to [http://www.amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com) The offer is right on the front page… * * * Some mornings it just doesn’t seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps. Emo Philips (stolen from matt’s webpage) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-book-deal-at-amazon-com/8652/2 "1999-09-29T14:57:00Z")
Oh, good. Patsy Cornwell REALLY needs the extra promotion. Anyone read the NEW YORKER article this week about booksellers and collaborative filtering? I hope this catches on, so no one will EVER have to read Grisham, Cornwell, or Clark EVER again… * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-book-deal-at-amazon-com/8652/3 "1999-09-29T15:02:00Z")
What if you’re already a customer ? No deal ? Full price ? Doesn’t say… Coldfire * * * “You know how complex women are” - Neil Peart, Rush (1993) ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-book-deal-at-amazon-com/8652/4 "1999-09-29T15:03:00Z")
Gee, Uke- thanks for the insight, and for implying that I have bad taste in authors. Very nice. If you don’t like it, don’t go to the site. I thought some people would enjoy the offer. You know, a lot of people could benefit from the idea that if you don’t have something nice to say, shut the hell up. Or take it to the pit. PS- the Cornwell book is a gift for my obviously retarded sister. (sarcasm alert) * * * Some mornings it just doesn’t seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps. Emo Philips (stolen from matt’s webpage) ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-book-deal-at-amazon-com/8652/5 "1999-09-29T15:05:00Z")
Cold, I was already a customer and they let me have the offer…FYI * * * Some mornings it just doesn’t seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps. Emo Philips (stolen from matt’s webpage) ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-book-deal-at-amazon-com/8652/6 "1999-09-29T15:24:00Z")
OK, One more post. Uke, didn’t mean to come off so pissy. It just really burns me when someone jumps into a thread and just posts something insulting. I think I’m a nice person, and I don’t go around being rude to people for nothing. To me, that’s like being in a group discussion and saying “Hey! I just read the latest Patricia Cornwell book and I loved it” and having someone say “Oh, yeah? She sucks”. Reminds me of someone who, unasked, gives their opinion of the food you’re about to eat. (ie: I would NEVER eat that!). That’s my gripe. Not bad enough for the pit, but wanted to get it off my chest. I normally find your posts entertaining and enlighening, so I’m probobly being overly sensitive. Chalk it up to being shushed at Barnes and Noble yesterday 🙂 * * * Some mornings it just doesn’t seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps. Emo Philips (stolen from matt’s webpage) ---
**Author:** ![TheDoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@TheDoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheDoll)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-book-deal-at-amazon-com/8652/7 "1999-09-29T15:26:00Z")
Great offer! My order was 4.92 Thanx for the info. Mmmmm…reading. * * * “Imagination is more important that knowledge.” Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![TheDoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@TheDoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheDoll)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-book-deal-at-amazon-com/8652/8 "1999-09-29T15:26:00Z")
Great offer! My order was 4.92 Thanx for the info. Mmmmm…reading. * * * “Imagination is more important that knowledge.” Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-book-deal-at-amazon-com/8652/9 "1999-09-29T16:13:00Z")
Zette, Damn. I was all set to apologize, and then you re-posted. Well, please let me do it anyhow. My post did look snotty and snobbish, and I’m sorry. I really didn’t mean to knock your taste; I’m certainly in no position to do such a thing. If you like, I’ll e-mail you a list of the last couple dozen books _I_ ordered from Amazon, and you can have a hearty laugh at my expense. My problem is the following: I’m in the book business, I work with lots of terrific authors who never see a nickel for advertising or promotion or publicity, and every time I see another interview with or special promotion for a mega-selling blockbuster author my immediate response is “Oh, lovely…wouldn’t it be nice if a similarly-talented (or massively MORE talented) writer could get a goddam break like this?” I haven’t read Patsy since her first book. Is she holding up? For the record, I don’t think that guy should have shushed you yesterday either. * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-book-deal-at-amazon-com/8652/10 "1999-09-29T16:20:00Z")
Uke, Point understood, but that’s not how it came off. I don’t know how Patricia Cornwell is doing, but my sister reads all her books and loves her. I understand you’re point, but the idea of the promotion at hand was “bestsellers for a penny”. I would love to see some lesser known authors get great publicity, too. See, I told you I was probobly being overly sensitive. Sorry again. Thanks for your vote about the Barnes and Noble guy…what a creep! * * * Some mornings it just doesn’t seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps. Emo Philips (stolen from matt’s webpage) ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-book-deal-at-amazon-com/8652/11 "1999-09-29T20:17:00Z")
Hey! I **like** Patricia Cornwell! You two stop bickering! * * * “Finally, consider Kottke’s voice which sounds like geese farts on a muggy day.” Leo Kottke _6- And 12-String Guitar_ ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-book-deal-at-amazon-com/8652/12 "1999-09-29T20:30:00Z")
Pluto, Don’t worry- it’s over. By the way, love your new sig 🙂 * * * Some mornings it just doesn’t seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps. Emo Philips (stolen from matt’s webpage) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-book-deal-at-amazon-com/8652/13 "1999-09-29T20:31:00Z")
Zette, I know, I know, I sounded like a horse’s ass. I beat my breast, I grovel at your feet, and the feet of your sister. pluto, you like Patricia Cornwell? Try Ruth Rendell. And if you like 'er as much as I think you will, tell Zette’s sister. There. My good deed for the day is done. (Incidentally, both you guys have the BEST sig lines.) * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-book-deal-at-amazon-com/8652/14 "1999-09-29T20:32:00Z")
Whoops…nothing like a cross-post. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-book-deal-at-amazon-com/8652/15 "1999-09-29T20:36:00Z")
Uke, Pluto brought it up! Not me!! I beat that dead horse enough- I’m blaming it on the PMS. And, I have read Ruth Rendell and enjoyed her books. Thanks for the sig compliment. * * * Some mornings it just doesn’t seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps. Emo Philips (stolen from matt’s webpage) ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-book-deal-at-amazon-com/8652/16 "1999-09-29T22:34:00Z")
Yeah! This is like trying to break up a family fight – you just get dragged in! I confess, I confess! I’m a murder mystery reader! It’s the first section I go to in the library! There! I said it. I feel better. I like Ruth Rendell, too, but I prefer the older English ladies: Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Dorothy Sayers (favorite), Margery Allingham. Of course they’re not writing anymore! ☹ Oh! And how could I forget Ellis Peters and Brother Cadfael?!? Among modern mystery writers I like Martha Grimes best. I like Dick Francis and whats-er-name with the A is for Alibi series. But most new ones get too much “I’m a detective but I’m a real person with troubles of my own” for my taste. I just read one by Ridley Pearson and want to see what else he’s got. Oh yes. And I like Patricia Cornwell. 🙂 ## I’m glad to see you two have patched things up. Thanks for listening. I like my new sig too. “Finally, consider Kottke’s voice which sounds like geese farts on a muggy day.” Leo Kottke _6- And 12-String Guitar_ ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 1999, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-book-deal-at-amazon-com/8652/17 "1999-09-29T23:22:00Z")
Pluto, Actually his grip wasn’t with Patricia Cornwell, it was that he wishes some less famous/vastly better authors got featured in special offers instead of the same old ones (he works in the business). Point taken, disagreement over. If only life were that simple 🙂 🙂 I’m not big on mystery- my sister just lives for it. I’m into biographies lately (which is why I got the Walter Cronkite one) and history. I just ordered 3 different history books, in the hopes of repairing “High School-Social Studies Class- The Lost Years”. I didn’t pay any attention in class and I’m woefully ignorant about history. But I’m learning!!! * * * Some mornings it just doesn’t seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps. Emo Philips (stolen from matt’s webpage) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-book-deal-at-amazon-com/8652/18 "1999-09-30T20:34:00Z")
(striding back in) Take THAT, you old nag! [BIFF! BAM!] The glue factory for you! (would put little smiley face but still isn’t quite sure how to do it) * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-book-deal-at-amazon-com/8652/19 "1999-09-30T20:48:00Z")
Zette, thanks for the sight. I just ordered the PDR for a grand total of $3.96. I love reference books, especially medical stuff. I wanted to order two, but darn it, it wouldn’t let me ☹ Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-book-deal-at-amazon-com/8652/20 "1999-10-01T03:27:00Z")
Shirley, Did you get 2 books? It’s only 4.92 shipping for two…may as well get another and give it as a gift… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-book-deal-at-amazon-com/8652.md?page=2)