The top offer on this page is the 50% off books and ebooks promo code, valid on website purchases of books and ebooks across science, technology, medicine, the humanities and social sciences. This code is best when you want a large percentage cut across many titles; apply the code at checkout. Other options include two separate 30% sale events on selected titles and a selection of ebooks priced at $13.99.
High value baskets (many or expensive titles). Use the 50% off voucher above for the biggest saving unless most of the items are outside the code’s eligible list. On a $150 order, for example, the 50% code takes 50% off (percent 50%), leaving $75, so you save $75. The 30% selected title sales would reduce $150 to $105 (percent 30%), saving $45, so the code gives the lower total.
Medium baskets of mixed items. If your cart contains both selected sale titles and full price titles, the 50% code will usually win because it applies broadly to books and ebooks on the site. On a $60 order, for example, the 50% code takes 50% off (percent 50%), leaving $30, so you save $30. If every item in that same $60 basket were eligible for the 30% sale, the sale would leave $42 (percent 30%), saving $18, so the code still saves more.
Buying only selected sale titles. If you are buying only items that are explicitly in the Autumn Top Picks Sale or the Autumn Sale, the 30% off selected titles applies automatically with no code. Compare the final totals for the exact titles in your cart because the sales are limited to selected products; if every item in your cart is in the sale, 30% will be the relevant discount for those items.
Buying an ebook listed at $13.99 in the spotlight sale. That fixed price applies on selected ebooks. If the $13.99 price covers the exact ebook you want, you pay $13.99. If the same ebook is eligible for the 50% code and its normal price is known to you, compare 50% off the normal price against $13.99 to see which is lower.
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When choosing, compute the final total for your exact cart and take the offer that leaves the lower total. Only one offer applies per order unless the site terms say otherwise, so pick the single discount that yields the lowest checkout price.
