This weekend, through Labor Day, Half Price Books will be offering an additional 20% off their already low prices! This will be a great time to pick up some books you need or some early Holiday gifts. These little sales only happen about once every three months or so this is a great time to stock up! Half Price Books is one of my favorite places to buy, trade, and sell books, although I must admit I am very partial to the Capitol Hill (Seattle, WA) store - its my favorite! The staff there is always so nice.
You know what I wonder though... how do they get the prices on the books they are buying? Does the person behind the counter just "eye ball" the book and figure out a random price? Do they have a database they look everything up in? I guess I will never know.
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