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From: siegel@stsci.EDU (Howard Siegel)
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Subject: Re: Foley, van Dam, etc. 2nd Ed. price- Thanks & Summary
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Date: 19 Sep 90 19:46:43 GMT
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In <1554@madnix.UUCP>, jmelv@madnix.UUCP writes:
> 	 The place I saw the book was our local B. Daltons Software Etc.  
> This is the second time I've found out they are selling books _above_
> list_price!  I don't mind them making some profit, but being unreasonable
> isn't the way to attract my business.  The first time was with the K&R C
> 2nd Ed.  It contained a price list in the back of the book for various
> texts among which it was included.  B. Daltons  wanted about $5.00 over
> list.

I too found out B. Dalton was charging more than list but found out after I
had already bought the book.  I don't want to make excuses for B. Dalton,
nor advertise for them necessarily, but you can get a 10% discount on all
books at B. Dalton by joining their Frequent Reader Club.  When they first
started this deal they were charging $5.00 to join rather than the supposed
normal cost of $10.00.  I know they extended the half price offer several
times but don't know if it is still valid.  Even at $10.00, if you buy a
lot of books, you can save a bit of money especially if B. Dalton is the most
convenient place to buy your books.  Note that the 10% off does not apply to
B. Dalton Software Etc. stores nor Software, Etc. departments within a
regular B. Dalton, but does apply to the computer books in the regular
computer section of regular B. Dalton stores (does that make sense :-)).
Walden Books also has a Preferred Readers Club too, but their computer
section is usually not as good a B. Dalton.

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