For the past few years, I’d been buying books via my sister who worked in a bookstore. Her staff discount meant I never looked anywhere else for books. Now that she’s moved on to a full-time adult job and left the bookstore behind, I’m keeping an open mind to other purchasing options. Somewhere in the back of my mind, the words ‘Book Outlet’ lurked. On a whim, I decided to search Book Outlet for a few of the books on my wishlist.
I had great success and bought a few more books than the three had I planned to buy. The books ranged in price from $1.86 to $9.17. I bought ten books for $58! They can be sorted into three groups:
- Middle grade speculative fiction I read + loved (incidentally, 3/4 of these were 2017 Cybils finalists…)
- The Inquisitor’s Tale by Adam Gidwitz and Hatem Aly
- The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart by Stephanie Burgis
- Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh
- A Properly Unhaunted Place by William Alexander
- Middle grade speculative fiction I haven’t read yet, but think I will enjoy + was a great price
- The Witch’s Boy by Kelly Barnhill
- Prisoner of Ice and Snow by Ruth Lauren
- Goldeline by Jimmy Cajoleas
- Inklings-related
- The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings by Phillip Zaleski and Carol Zaleski
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
- Tolkien Trivia by William C. Mackay
This single order will probably count for half the books I purchase this year. Admittedly, I am uncertain how purchasing bargain books affects authors/publishers. Am I hurting the industry if I keep purchasing from Book Outlet? I’m fuzzy on how it works behind the scenes. Can anybody fill me in?
Have you ever ordered from Book Outlet? Do you have a go to bookstore for bargain books?