Book sales in Malaysia and worldwide

Book sales in PENANG and MALAYSIA

Borders, Queensbay Mall, Penang

Don't worry, Borders is not leaving the mall! They are just relocating to the shoplots next to its current location on the 1st floor.

mphonline.com
This is not a book sale but the iriver Story HD e-book reader is now available at an attractive, discounted price! Click on the image above to go to the website.
Free delivery nationwide (within Malaysia) until Oct 31, 2012.

Pay Less Books
PAY LESS BOOKS is closing down! *sobs* And they are having a sale, so don't miss it!
Venue: 49, Jalan BP 6/7, Bandar Bukit Puchong, 47100 Puchong, Selangor
From now until Oct 29, 2012 (10am - 5pm)

Book sales ONLINE

Better World Books Halloween Clearance Sale 
15% off 5 or more used books from the Halloween clearance selection
Sale ends on Nov 2, 2012 at 4pm EDT / 8pm GMT

Stephenie Meyer Books Sold Out At MPH

Mom and I went to MPH at Gurney Plaza recently. Since I don't go there often, I might as well use up the gift voucher my sis gave me for Christmas! My aim is to buy Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer but as luck would have it, that title and Eclipse are not available at MPH. They only had Twilight and New Moon.

Since I can't get BD for myself, I got these two books instead:

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo.

This is the way to pronounce 'despereaux' => des-per-row. I just Googled it up.

It was quite frustrating when I couldn't find the Stephenie Meyer books in MPH. Since they're young adult books and also in the fantasy genre, they should be at either the Teen's or the Fantasy section. Nah. Not there.

Finally, I asked the Information section and the girl showed me where they put the books. At the Kids' section! But they did put a Bestseller word at the top of the shelf. Still, I wouldn't have thought of looking there.

And it looks like Breaking Dawn will have to wait.

Anyway, Daphne Lee of Tots To Teens in Starmag reviewed this book: Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn. It sounds like a really good book and it's definitely going to be in my To-buy list!

Happy Chinese New Year!

MPH Sale

Am I on a blogging marathon now or what? It's been post after post! Wow...

By the way, just wanted to share with you on what's happening over at MPH Online. If you buy certain books online, you get a 20% discount, like Randa Abdel-Fattah's 'Does My Head Look Big In This?'. Usual price: RM42.90. After discount: Only RM34.32!!!

And the latest Harry Potter book: RM69.90! The price that we've all been waiting for. I've had my copy already anyway. =) Haven't read it yet, unfortunately.

Then, what about the 'Click n Save Up To 50% off' promotion? Books under that category are My Sister's Keeper (Jodi Picoult), Shopaholic & Baby (Sophie Kinsella), Stormbreaker (Anthony Horowitz), and more.

If you're in the mood for romantic novels, then you shouldn't miss the Valentine's Day promotion. Some books in the romance category are given 20% discounts. So, if you are a sucker for romantic novels, better check it out. Promotion is until 29 February 2008 or while stocks last.

It's the holidays now. Don't watch too much TV. Get some reading done. And I had better stop with my blogging now. See ya tomorrow!

It Pays To Wait

Has this situation ever happened to you? Here goes:

One day, you were flipping through the newspaper or just surfing the Internet, and you found out that a particular thing that you have always wanted (book, blouse, CD, DVD, etc) is available at a store near you. Of course, you get excited. Then, the next logical thing to do is rush out to the store and buy it. You are afraid that the item will be out of stock if you were to wait a minute longer. Am I right?

Then, perhaps a month or so later, you flip through the newspaper or surf the Internet, and you see the item being advertised again. It's still available and its price has been reduced!

Oh, don't you just hate it??? I know how you feel. Because the other day, about a month ago, I saw that 'The Book Thief' was available at MPH Bookstores and since I came across numerous book reviews praising the book to bits, I thought that I had to read it for myself and see what the fuss is all about. So, I bought the book at RM42.90.

And today, only a few minutes ago, I decided to open MPH Online's website, I saw that the book's price has been reduced by 30%. See? If I had waited, I would only have to pay RM30.03! If I had waited, I would save around RM12! *cries loudly with huge tears flowing down*

Well, what's done is done. No use crying over spilt milk. But then, I didn't know that the price would be reduced. I didn't know that the book would be part of the sale. I didn't know the future. Enough said.

So, I guess you should check out the bookstores now to see if your favourite books cost less than the usual price. If not, it's up to you to wait or not to wait.

Members' Merdeka Sale at MPH

I received a postcard from MPH who's promoting their Members' Merdeka Sale. The sale starts from 1 Aug 2007 till 5 Aug 2007. (1-5 Aug '07)

Discounts up to 20%.

Exclusively for MPH Readers' Circle & MPH Kidz Club members.

15%* discount on all books and 10%* discount on CDs, cassettes, stationery, cards, and gifts.
20%* discount on all M014 and M028 titles.

*except items already on offer or promotion, value buys, agent controlled items, newspapers and magazines.

Sale open to MRC, MKC and MIM members only!

Words in italic are printed on the MPH postcard.

Borders Is The Best!

It’s official. For now, my favourite bookstore is Borders! Yes!

Yesterday, my mom and I went to Penang by ferry! Haha! She’s so adventurous until she said she’d rather go by ferry and then taxi to Gurney Plaza. The ferry ride was fabulous! Passengers who come on foot get to sit on top and the wind blowing was nice.

When we arrived in Penang, there were taxi drivers hanging around and asked my mom where we wanted to go. She said, ‘Gurney Plaza’ and the taxi driver asked his friends if any of them would like to take us there. One guy suggested RM12 and another suggested a preposterous RM15! I didn’t know taxi fees were so high. They did not even use the meters. It seems that the meter system has yet to start.

My mom took the RM12 one and off we went to Gurney Plaza. She wanted to look for shoes so we went to shoe shops first. Nah, I just looked around. I didn’t buy any because I’m broke! Haha! Maybe another day.

Finally, I spotted the MPH Bookstore and we went in. Yesterday was the second time I went to MPH as I don’t go to Gurney Plaza much. Anyway, there were so many books there! But I didn’t like the way the fiction books were arranged. In Borders, several books whose covers were displayed so that we can see them. At MPH, all the books were arranged like in a library so I had to read the titles on the spines. And the lighting there wasn’t as bright as Borders. Even Popular was brighter.

However, the selection of movies at MPH was satisfactory. Better than Borders. There weren’t many good movies available at Borders but at MPH, there were more interesting choices. I begged my mom to buy the Gulliver’s Travels movie. It’s only RM16.90. Pretty cheap for an original movie with English subtitles! I like VCDs that come with English subtitles.

At MPH, the bookshelves were quite close together and not much space to walk. I don’t recall seeing any sofa chairs there either.

Ok, I should stop comparing! I think that each bookstore is special in its own way. Borders for its nice atmosphere and good selection of books. MPH for its good selection of books and movies as well as discounts. Popular for its ‘just okay’ selection of books and great discounts!

There are a few more bookstores that I’ve yet to conquer. I hope I could go to Chowrasta Road and check out the second-hand bookshops there! Can’t wait!

And this is my 100th post! =D