This weekend sale is over, but another one will come…. next weekend 🙂
Celebrate International Women’s Day with Susan Sontag’s “On Photography”
Today, March 8, is International Women’s Day! Our pick to photographically celebrate this day is to read or re-read, parts or in-whole, the photography classic book from 1973, “On Photography” by Susan Sontag. It is also available on Kindle for instant gratification, or if you want to rest your eyes, there is also an Audiobook version (6 hours and change).
15% off one item at B&N (ends Sun PM)
IF you are looking to buy any photography/camera (or any other) books that have the same prices everywhere you look, coupon code HAPPYMARCH gets you 15% off one item your entire order at the Barnes & Noble website until Sunday night (3/4/18). Exclusions apply to the coupon as usual. Some product types (ebooks, LEGOs, Nooks, gift cards, etc) are excluded from general purpose couponization.
The Clearance section is another place to look for deals. You can drill down the sub-categories or go directly to the Photography Clearance section. There’s also this 30% – 75% off Clearance page.
Buyer Beware: Low Quality Camera Guides on Amazon
While price-checking some cameras I noticed another trap for potential customers. It seems like the content farms and the content-generating bots have discovered another source of revenue, camera guides. There’s a bunch of these low-quality low-price (just look at the customer reviews!) that are available on Amazon. For example this one author has e-published 94 of them! Look at the number of pages too, how much can you say about a complicated camera in 13 pages?
(ENDED) Mag Sale: Outdoor Pho $4.67/yr, Digital Pho $4.74/yr, Digital Photo PRO $7.64/yr, Etc
The weekend is over, and so is this weekend sale 🙂
Print Magazines: Outdoor Pho for $5/yr; DP PRO for $8/yr
It is the “default sale” this weekend at Discount Mags with the following two print photography magazines delivered to US addresses running until Monday night:
+ Outdoor Photographer for $5 per year
+ Digital Photo PRO for $7 per year
+ various “six degrees of separation” magazines
+ no autorenewals
(ENDED) 3-YR Photo Magazine Subs: Outdoor Pho or Digital Pho for $12 total, DP PRO for $20 total
This weekend promotion ended…
A number of Photographer’s Guide ebooks by Alexander White on sale for $8 each: Fuji X100S, various Panasonic LX*, Sony RX1/RX10/RX100 models, Etc
UPDATE: Alexander S. White has written a lot of camera guides for various RAWsumers/serious-compacts and a number of his ebooks are currently on sale for $8 for the Kindle! You can find them all under his name.
Among the camera guides that are going for $8 as of the time of writing:
+ Fuji X100S
+ Sony RX1R II
+ Sony RX10 IV, I
+ Sony RX100 V, IV, II, I
+ Nikon P900, P610, P600, P510, B700, etc
+ Panasonic LX10/LX15, LX100, LX5, ZS70/TZ90
+ Canon S95
+ some Leica D-Lux models
There are two ways to get a feel for these camera guides before buying them:
1. you can get read Kindle sample (typically the first few pages of the book)
2. if you go to the hardback/print version of the book, it may have “Look Inside” enabled. “Look Inside” often lets you jump all over the book, and that’s the best way to get a feel for it since you can read actual content, not just the beginning
PS: you can find out at any time how much no-rush shipping digital credits you have by doing to amazon.com/norushcredits – it’s easy to remember, no rush credits. As far as I know, there’s no way to tell ahead of time whether an ebook is eligible or not for no-rush-credits.
PS2: if you have any digital no-rush-credits in your account and/or promotional Amazon credits, they will be applied automatically towards the purchase before your gift card balance and credit card is charged. Some publishers may not allow digital credits to be applied towards the purchase of their ebooks, so YMMV. The order receipt/email will tell you for sure after the purchase.
Free to Read (PRIME): Australian Photography latest issue and more
Among the many Prime Benefits is the Prime Reading program which lets you e-borrow e-books and individual issues of select magazines, library-style, for FREE! Among the current round of free-to-read digital magazine issues is the February 2018 issue of Australian Photography. One you check it out, you can keep it as long as you want, but it will use up one of your ten available “borrowing” slots. A number of other “six degrees of separation” (from photography) digital issues are available such as Nat Geo Traveler, Backpacker, Surfer, Vogue, etc.
$5 per magazine per year: Outdoor Photographer or Digital Photo
The weekend sale is here at Discount Mags, and this being Valentine’s season, they have their “default” sale, which means $5 per year for Outdoor Photographer or Digital Photo or $9 per year for Digital Photo PRO. These are printed magazines by mail. The usual assortment of six degrees of separation magazines are also on sale.
On the digital (Zinio subscription) front, Shutterbug is $15 per year.
The sales end on Monday night as usual…
10% off your order at Barnes & Noble with coupon
IF you are looking to buy photography/camera/general books that have the same price everywhere, or they rarely get discounted, coupon code ILOVEBOOKS gets you 10% off your entire order at the Barnes & Noble website until 2/14/18 at night. Yes, a Valentinian coupon 😉
Exclusions apply to the coupon as usual. Some product types (ebooks, LEGOs, Nooks, gift cards, etc) are excluded from general purpose couponization.
The Clearance section is another place to look for deals. You can drill down the sub-categories or go directly to the Photography Clearance section. There’s also this 30% – 75% off Clearance page.
(ENDED) Printed Magazines: Outdoor Pho for $4.51/yr, Digital Photo PRO for $6.51/yr, Etc
This weekend is over, and so is its sale…
(ENDED) Magazines: Default Print Sale, also Digital Shutterbug and Aperture sale
This weekend sale is over…
National Parks Humble Bundle Pay What You Want ($15+ gets you everything)
If you are a fan of all things National Parks, and like to receive DRM-free eBooks, then you may want to check out the National Parks Humble Bundle. Running until next Monday mid-day (seven days from blog-posting date), you can pay anything you want, starting at $1 and receive National Parks related e-books. $1+ gets you five ebooks, $8+ gets you seven more, while $15+ gets you another seven, for a total of 19 ebooks. These are offered by Lonely Planet. The ebooks are DRM-Free, and are available to download in a variety of formats, so you can read them on any of the mainstream platforms. You can also donate a portion of your purchase towards a charity.
B&N coupon: $5 off $40+ OR $10 off $75+
A new coupon is running at the Barnes & Noble website until Wednesday night 1/24/18. You get $5 off orders of $40+ OR $10 off orders of $75+ using coupon code SOMANYBOOKS over there. The usual exclusions apply.
The Clearance section is another place to look for deals. You can drill down the sub-categories or go directly to the Photography Clearance section. There’s also this 30% – 75% off Clearance page.
Prime Reading includes February 2018 issue of Shutterbug
If you are a Prime member, one of the ever-increasing Prime Benefits is the Prime Reading program. They offer a library of about 1000 e-books along with some digital magazine issues and audiobooks and comic books, and you can borrow and read these. You can have ten out maximum at any time, but you can return and borrow as often as you want.
Among the latest digital magazine issues you can borrow for free is the February 2018 issue of Shutterbug. Other February 2018 digital issues you can borrow include Consumer Reports, Popular Science, and various “six degrees of separation” topics.
Speaking of magazines, running until Monday night is a three print magazines for $12 total per year promotion at DiscountMags.
(ENDED) Three Magazines for $12 Total per Year (four photography options)
This weekend magazine sale expired…
B&N Coupon: 15% off $50+ OR 20% off $100+
If you are a fan of B&N, they have launched a brand new coupon today! Coupon code GOODVIBES gets you a discount at the Barnes & Noble website depending on your order total:
+ 15% Off Orders of $50+, OR
+ 20% Off Orders of $100+
+ as usual, exclusions and limitations apply
The Clearance section is another place to look for deals. You can drill down the sub-categories or go directly to the Photography Clearance section. There’s also this 30% – 75% off Clearance page.
Separately, they have another promotion, Buy One DVD, Get Another One Free on select DVDs and BluRays. Over 660 options are available.
PS: continuing to run is coupon code code STUDIOUS that gets you $10 off for EVERY $100 you spend on NEW or USED textbooks at Barnes and Noble. Their shopping cart is the ultimate decider on what qualifies as a textbook.
15% off One Item with B&N coupon
If you are looking to get a specific photography or camera book (or any other book) that has the same prices everywhere or rarely goes on sale, coupon code SNOWDAYS gets you 15% off one item at the Barnes and Noble website until Monday 1/15/18. Exclusions apply as usual.
The Clearance section is another place to look for deals. You can drill down the sub-categories or go directly to the Photography Clearance section. There’s also this 30% – 75% off Clearance page.
(ENDED) $5 per print mag per year: Outdoor Pho or Digital Pho
This sale ended, but fear not, there’s a new sale every weekend…
This weekend’s DiscountMags sale is the “default” $5 per magazine per year sale, featuring two print photography magazines, “Outdoor Photographer” or “Digital Photo” for $5 per magazine per year. The sale typically ends Monday night. No coupon is needed. Delivery to US addresses only. No auto-renewals. Good for new subscriptions, gift subs or renewals.
Coupons: $10 off $100+Textbooks at Amazon and Barnes and Noble
If you are looking to buy textbooks, there are coupons for them at two online booksellers…
+ at Barnes and Noble, coupon code STUDIOUS gets you $10 off for every $100 in purchases of new or used textbooks. Maximum $500 purchase.
+ at Amazon by Amazon itself coupon code TEXT10 gets you $10 off a $100+ purchase until Thursday 1/11/18 at 3pm eastern
+ Amazon’s coupon is $10 off only, not $10 off for every $100 in purchases like Barnes and Noble
What is a textbook? for the purpose of these coupons, the shopping cart is the ultimate decider of what qualifies. Add books of interest to the shopping cart, and the shopping cart will tell you whether something is eligible or not.
Ends Mon PM: $5 Per Magazine Per Year: Digital Photo PRO or VideoMaker
The theme of this weekend sale at DiscountMags is a $5 sale. Of photography interest, “Digital Photo PRO” and “Videomaker” go for $5 per year each, for print subscription, which is a pretty good price for them… Outdoor Photographer and Digital Photo also go for $5 per year each, but sometimes the weekend sale has those under $5, so you can wait on those if you don’t want to sign up right away… Sale ends Monday night…
B&N Buy More, Save More coupon (up to 20% off)
Good until Wednesday 1/10/18 night, coupon code MOREPLEASE gets you the following discounts based on the order total amount at the Barnes and Noble website:
+ 10% Off Orders of $35 or More
+ 15% Off Orders of $60 or More
+ 20% Off Orders of $100 or More
+ Coupon Exclusions apply as usual
+ free shipping with orders of $25+ or if you are a member
The Clearance section is another place to look for deals. You can drill down the sub-categories or go directly to the Photography Clearance section. There’s also this 30% – 75% off Clearance page.
(ENDED) B&N coupon: 20% off $75+ orders; or 15% off $40+ orders
This coupon ended…
(ENDED) Weekend Magazine Sale: Under $5/YR: Outdoor Photo or Digi Pho; Shutterbug (Digital) for $7.50/YR
This sale expired…
(ENDED) 1-Year Shutterbug (digital) for $7.50 (and print offers too)
These offers expired…
Ends Sat 3am ET: Amazon $5/$15+ Book Coupon extended
The coupon extensions continue. Coupon code BOOKGIFT17 is running until Saturday 3am ET (unless extended yet another time) per the Terms & Conditions and it gets you $5 off physical book orders of $15+, sold and shipped by Amazon itself. Calendars and other things that fall under the “Books” store category umbrella are also eligible. The shopping cart is the ultimate decider. Strategically this is good for books that have the same prices everywhere, or rarely go on sale or some classics like “Understanding Exposure” by Bryan Peterson.
(ENDED) Friday: Auto-Renewing: 6-months WIRED print for 99c, OR 1-Year Kindle for $3.75
This daily deal expired…
Amazon $5/$15+ Book Coupon extended to Friday 3am ET
If you haven’t used this coupon yet, and haven’t found time to shop for books you want/need, fear not! Amazon has yet again extended the deadline of their $5 off physical book orders of $15+, sold and shipped by Amazon itself until Friday 3am eastern. The coupon code is the same, enter BOOKGIFT17 in the shopping cart. Calendars and other things that are filed under “Books” may also be eligible (eg audiobooks on CD ~ YMMV – the shopping cart is the ultimate decider on what qualifies).
Strategically this is good for books that have the same prices everywhere, or rarely go on sale. Some places to look for ideas:
+ then drill down the sub-categories on the left-hand side, eg Black and White Photography or Digital Photography
+ those categories have sub-categories for further drilling down, eg Editing or Flash Photography
Barnes & Noble Coupon: 25% off One Item
Reading is fun-da-mental and the Barnes and Noble website is encouraging this another coupon, code WISHLIST gets you 25% off one item. Strategically this is a good idea for books that have the same prices everywhere or rarely get discounted.
As usual, coupon exclusions apply. The coupon expires on Thursday night…
The Clearance section is another place to look for deals. You can drill down the sub-categories or go directly to the Photography Clearance section. There’s also this 30% – 75% off Clearance page.
But wait, there’s more! Barnes and Noble has over 90 leather bound Collectible Editions of various classics old and new, from Jane Austen to Star Wars and Dune and Alice in Wonderland and Lovecraft and more.
Meanwhile in this bookstore coupon war of 2017, Amazon has added another day to their $5 off $15+ printed books coupon which now expires Wednesday 3am ET.
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