25% off Book Pre-Orders w/B&N coupon [limited time]

Against all odds, Barnes and Noble not only survived, but it’s also opening up new stores! The secret? Mayhaps because they let every single store operate locally, instead of having them all be uniform clones! Regardless…

For a limited time only, coupon code PREORDER25 gets you 25% off pre-orders of upcoming books. This is good for Premium and Rewards members! Premium members get an extra 10% off as well (part of their benefits).

PS: if you haven’t kept up with B&N Plans, “Rewards” is a FREE rewards plan that gets you stamps (1 stamp for every $10 in purchases; 10 stamps = $5 reward). “Premium” is a $40 per year Prime-like plan that has additional benefits including a free shipping, free annual tote bag [BAG the BOOK BAGS!], free monthly ebook (from short list of options), 10% off most things B&N, beverage size upgrade, kids benefits, etc, etc, etc.

Friday: 25% off Physical Book Pre-Orders at B&N online

If you are interested in any upcoming physical books, good until Friday 4/28/23, the Barnes and Noble website is offering 25% off on Book Pre-Orders using coupon code PREORDER25 over there.

There are 46 books in the Photography category. Most of them are books with photography inside, but there’s also a Kelby Photoshop book, and a book about Richard Avedon, and a book about photography in Japan among others.

But wait, there’s more! For the gear fans, there’s the Fuji X-Series Unlimited (2nd edition) by Dan Bailey (Rocky Nook, 328 pages, 6/13/23).

SPEAKING of books, one of the Friday Kindle daily deals is the “Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions” for $2 by Sabine Hossenfelder, Penguin, August 2022, 269 pages, 4.4 out of 5 on 651 customer ratings as of the time of writing. You also earn a $0.20 “Great on Kindle” (GoK) credit. If you have any previously accumulated GoK credit, it will get automatically applied.

FREE e-Book: Troublemakers (using Art Shay photography)

This is a FREE e-book from University of Chicago Press. It is offered for free by them, not through the usual ebook portals. As such, if you don’t use any of the services they use, you may have to create an account or login or use *GASP* Adobe DRM!

If I haven’t scared you away yet, keep on reading 🙂

For the month of February 2023, to celebrate Black History Month, the University of Chicago Press is offering their book “Troublemakers – Chicago Freedom Struggles through the Lens of Art Shay” by Erik S. Gellman for FREE. There are over 250 Photographs by photographer Art Shay, along with essays/text of Gellman. This is 304 pages long and came out in January 2020.

You can get the book for FREE in three different ways, you have to give them your email address:

  1. read it online at BiblioVault, login required via Google or Facebook or a Chicago Press Books account
  2. download using the Readium/Thorium/Aikido apps on PC, Mac, iOS, Android, or Linux (Chromebooks can use the Android option or Linux if they have it installed); you have to create a “PassPhrase” for access
  3. download it using Adobe DRM (BOOOOOOO!!!!!) and an appropriate eReader app

The last time I tried to download from them (a while back), the only option was the yucky Adobe DRM. Thankfully now there are two more options. Still not as simple as buying an ebook on a Kindle or Google Play or iOS (or Windows Store whenever Microsoft flirts with offering digital content (and then promptly shuts it down it #ZuneLivesInOurHearts))

PS: if you want to get a feel for the book (Look Inside) and read customer reviews, check its Amazon page [NOT FREE at Amazon, it is $16).

B&N: 25% off Book Pre-Orders with coupon (39 photography options)

Good until the end of day on 1/27/23, coupon code PREORDER25 gets you 25% off Book Pre-Orders at the Barnes and Noble website. The coupon is good for online orders only. Terms, restrictions, limitations, etc, etc, apply…

They even have 39 pre-order books in the Photography Category, including a biography of Richard Avedon.

Please note that these are pre-orders, so the publication/shipping date may be far far far into the future 🙂

PS: while on their website, look for the “See All Offers” text at the top right corner of their website (as seen on a laptop screen) that shows in-place their other offers, including $20 off on one of their Nook e-readers (GlowLight 4e).

Black Friday at Barnes and Noble

Barnes and Noble has survived the ebook turmoil and they too are running their Black fRiday specials including:

+ 50% off print books for all ages
+ get a $10 e-gift card for every $100+ you buy in Barnes and Noble gift cards
+ buy 1, get 50% the 2nd collectible edition
+ FREE LEGO Harry Potter book type thing with $50 LEGO Harry Potter purchase
+ $30 off the 10-inch Nook HD Lenovo tablet
+ 50% off Criterion Collection

Monday: 15% off entire order with B&Noble coupon

If you are a fan of Barnes and Noble, their Cyber Monda offer is 15% off your entire order using coupon code CYBER15. As usual, terms, conditions, restrictions and exclusions apply.

Humble Bundle has GIMP ebooks at $1+ and $8+ tiers

We haven’t visited Humble Bundle in a while but since one of the offers is of photography interest, the time is right to write about them right now! All the offers mentioned below are “Pay What You Want” and start at $1. If you pay that, you get the first collection of ebooks. Paying more at the designated tiers on each offer gets you additional ebooks. But for the first tier, $1 is enough! All these are DRM-free ebooks and they are typically offered in multiple formats (eg ePUB, PDF, etc).

The Linux and BSD bookshelf at the $1 tier includes, among others, the ebook “The Artist’s Guide to GIMP: Creative Techniques for Photographers, Artists and Designers”. Six more ebooks are there including Audacity, Firewalls, Debugging, etc… GIMP has another ebook in the $8+ tier, the “The Book of GIMP”, along with “The Book of Inkscape” (graphics editor), Blender, OpenBSD [the BSD vs Linux war is as ancient as time itself?] and more… The $15+ tier goes more hardcore Linux, no GIMP at that tier.

If you like food and wine and/or food-n-wine photography, there’s a Food and Wine bundle. No how-to-photograph-food ebooks however 🙂

Then there’s a confusing Music and Design bundle that has ebooks on how to learn music instruments and ebooks on design in general (not of music instruments)…

But if you want more design, they got you covered too with the Designers bundle that also has some money/marketing ebooks for the creatives. The $15+ tier has a “color combinations” ebook along with a scary sounding title “Self-Portrait As Your Traitor” by Debbie Millman… IF you want spoilers on what this ebook is about you can find them in the Amazon description [it’s probably not what you guessed?]

Each one of the bundles has its own expiration date. Sometimes they get extended, sometimes they don’t, so don’t delay if you see something you like. They take PayPal, you don’t have to give them a credit card. They also take AliPay.

20% off with Barnes & Noble coupon

Barnes and Noble is not going to let Amazon run “unopposed” during Prime Day, so the Barnes & Noble website is offering 20% off your order using coupon code JUNEREADS until 7/16/19. The usual restrictions and exclusions apply. There is no minimum order amount for this promotion…

For bargain book ideas [think of the B&M bookstore “clearance section” with those giant colorful coffee table books], check their Outlet page and if you don’t feel like digging into the various categories, check their Photography Section

Monday (fiction eBook with Photographer): Lightkeepers for $2

Photographers are rarely the “stars” of movies and books and TV show but in this case, they are! The “star” of the Lightkeepers: a Novel”, a mystery novel by Abby Geni is a Kindle daily deal for Monday 7/8/19. It is a 370-pager that came out January 2016 and averages 4.1 out of 5 based on 135 customer reviews…

I have sent the Kindle sample to the Kindle but have not read it yet, so I can’t tell you what to expect…

10% off 700+ B&N Photography Outlet books

One of the popular things to do back when there were big-chain bookstores on many street corners was to go inside and browser around the Clearance section where you could find giant photography books at a bargain price.

You can sort of do this online by heading to the B&N Outlet page and more specifically digging down to the Photography Section where they have 700+ books on clearance/sale there. You can further drill down on them using the categories (and then the sub-categories) on the left hand side of their page…

And for a limited time, coupon code FIREWORKS gets you 10% off your purchase over there and for many other items sold at the B&N website ~ with the usual coupon exclusions they have (eg, no Nook books, no LEICA Legos, etc). Check website for details…

Nature eBooks in the latest Humble Bundle PWYW offer

If you are a fan of nature and DRM-free eBooks, this new pay-what-you-want (PWYW) Humble Bundle offer has a variety of nature ebooks without DRM. The $1+ tier includes five ebooks (three on backpacking, two on the night sky). The $8+ tier adds 12 more ebooks (all kinds of topics) and the $15+ tier adds another eight ebooks (more variety including a very practical-sounding ebook, “fixing your feet”)…

Speaking of eBooks, they are also running a Programming PWYW with ebooks from Packt on a variety of subjects…

Memorial Day: 20% off entire B&N order coupon

If you are a fan of Barnes and Noble, online or in-store, good for Memorial Day 2019 coupon code MEMORIALDAY20 gets you 20% off your entire order at the Barnes & Noble website or you can select a printable coupon for 20% off at their B&M stores. Exclusions apply to both the online and B&M coupons ~ details over there…

B&N coupons: $10 off $50+ online [15% off one item B&M]

Amazon is not the center of the shopping universe, despite the Bezos gazillions in probably a gazillion banks [there’s that $100K FDIC limit after all) 🙂 If you are fond of giving Barnes and Noble a chance, good until Sunday, coupon code APRILSHOWERS get you $10 off an online purchase of $50+ of eligible items.

For their B&M stores, a personalized coupon code for 15% off a single item can be found at their Offers page

For more deal ideas, check their Clearance/Outlet page or jump directly to the Photography page (over 700 options as of the time of writing)…

Exclusions and restrictions apply to both coupons…

15% off total order at B&N website with coupon

The Barnes and Noble website is back with another promotion until Sunday night: coupon code SUNSHINE [yes, get ready for the daylight savings “spring forward” marketing blitz] gets you 15% off your online order. Some exclusions apply (gift cards, Nooks, etc). But the coupon is good for your total order, not just one item… The coupon expires on Sunday at 3am eastern….

There’s also a 15% off one item at their local B&N B&M stores. Find the coupons at the Coupons & Offers page

HB PWYW: Linux by Wiley starting at $1

IF you are a fan of the Linux way or you want to start learning or learn more or get re/freshed or re/acquainted with /os/linux, for the next 12 days [from posting-date], Humble Bundle is running a Linux by Wiley (Wiley = book publisher, not coyote), with prices starting at $1 for four ebooks (one is an Ubuntu toolbox type book). $8+ gets you five more e-books, and $15+ gets you another six more (four of them at this tier are certification study guides)

Barnes and Noble Book Haul sale under way

Barnes and Noble is now running the much advertised Book Haul sale both online and at their brick and mortar stores. Purchasing three or more books gets you a free tote bag ($2 if purchased separately). Press “Show More” on the left hand side to see all categories expanded.

There’s one book in the photography category [under Arts], it’s “Life in the Sloth Lane” (yes, the title is true, it’s all about sloths] for $6~. But there are other related books, for example under Nature, and other topics that include photography of professional and/or creative caliber.

I don’t know if this sale is stackable with coupons, but you can always check their latest offers at their aptly-named Coupons avec les Offerseaux page ^_^

15% off your order with B&N online coupon

For Barnes and Noble fans [yes, they still exist], coupon code SAVE15 gets 15% off your entire order at the Barnes and Noble website. This is for the whole order, not just one item. Coupon expires Monday…

And if you happen to be near any of their B&M stores, their Coupons and Offers page has a printable coupon for 20% off a single item at their B&M stores…

Exclusions and restrictions apply for both online and offline sales…

10% to 15% off your order with B&N online coupon

If you are a Barnes and Noble fan, coupon code LOVE2READ gets you 10% off your next order of $35+ or 15% off orders of $60+ at the Barnes and Noble website. This is for the whole order, not just one item. Coupon expires February 4 at 3am eastern time… And if you happen to be near any of their B&M stores, their Coupons and Offers page has a printable coupon for 15% off a single item at their B&M stores [yes, there are plenty left!]… Exclusions apply for both online and offline sales…

50% off hardcovers at B&N

Amazon’s favorability ratings among consumers, for a variety of reasons, are slowly dropping, plus the number of “real world” bookstores continues to decrease, so if your Amazon honeymoon is over, Barnes and Noble is having a 50% off hardcover books sale featuring a variety of titles. You can use the various sub-categories to look for items of interest. Due to time constraints I cannot go through the listings looking for camera/photo-related books, so YMMV…

B&M: 20% off one item at B&N w/coupon

If you are near a Barnes and Noble physical book store, until the end of day on 12/20/18, there is a coupon code promotion at the Barnes and Noble coupons page that gets you 20% off one item at a physical local Barnes and Noble brick and mortar store. Exclusions and restrictions apply as usual. Their stores will be open extended hours… Meanwhile on their website, the clock is ticking for Express shipping as we are just six days away from Christmas Day 2018…

B&N coupons: 20% off $50+ online orders [also 25% off one B&M item]

Reading is fun-da-mental and Amazon is not the only bookseller out there! If you are fond of Barnes and Noble, coupon code WISHKIST gets you 20% off orders of $50+ in eligible items… And if you want to visit their B&M stores, over there you will find a printable 25% off one item coupon… The usual exclusions apply ~ they are detailed on their website… For more offers, check the offers at their aptly-named Coupons and Deals page…

10% off entire B&N order with coupon

Good until Sunday night, coupon code GIFTING gets you 10% off your order at the Barnes and Noble website. The usual restrictions and limitations apply as usual…

Monday: 20% off B&N order with coupon

Cyber Monday has arrived at Barnes and Noble with coupon code CYBER20 getting you 20% off your order until Tuesday at 3am eastern time. The usual exceptions apply.

Amazon Printed Books coupon: $5 off orders of $20+

One of the digital traditions of the Black Friday season is the Amazon Books coupon! This iteration of the promotion runs until 11/25/18 PM and gets you $5 off print book purchases of $20+ sold and shipped by Amazon itself, using coupon code NOVBOOK18. More details at the Terms and Conditions page

B&N website: 20% off orders of $40+

Good until Sunday 11/25/18, coupon code BLKFRIDAY gets you 20% off orders of $40+ at the Barnes and Noble website.

On the other hand, if you only need one item, there is a B&M-only coupon you can print from their website that gets you 25% off one item at their B&M B&N stores.

In other action, they offer 50% off select Collectible and Gift books. No coupon is needed for this offer, the price you see is the price you pay.

10% off entire order at B&N website

Good until Monday night, coupon code FALL10 gets you 10% off your total online order at the Barnes and Noble website. Because Amazon is not the only book seller left in the world ^_^. The usual exclusions to the coupon apply. But that’s not all. IF you linger on that page, you may get a pop-under offer that gets you a 15% off coupon by e-mail for ONE item of your choice (if you join their e-mailing list)… So strategically you can use the 15% off on the most expensive item you plan to order, and then place a separate order using the blanket 10% off coupon…

Prime Day Coupon: $5 off Book orders of $20+

If you like to read books on paper, you are in coupon luck! As part of the Prime Day festivities, coupon code PRIMEBOOKS18 gets you $5 off a book purchase of $20+ at Amazon Books. This is a limited time offer. This is the page with the Terms and Conditions

On the other hand, if you prefer to read books in electronic format, they have various e-books on Prime Day specials

You can find all our posts on Prime Day using the Prime Benefits category

15% off entire order with Barnes & Noble coupon

Good until Monday at 11:59pm pacific, coupon code SUMMER gets you 15% off your entire purchase at the Barnes & Noble website. 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.

$5 off purchase of two books at B&N online

Good until Wednesday at 11:59pm pacific, coupon code BOOKISH gets you $5 off the purchase of TWO printed books at the Barnes & Noble website. 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.

B&N Website Coupon: $5 off orders of $30+

Good until Wednesday night, coupon code SPRINGTOIT (translation: SPRING TO IT) gets you $5 off orders of $30+ at the Barnes & Noble website. 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.