I read a piece somewhere recently (I don’t recall where exactly) which said that now is not a good time to buy books in the sales as you get good deals all year around.
I tend to agree with this, as the so called bargains look suspiciously like publisher initiatives to me rather than retailers shifting stock. Either that or everyone over-ordered Mark Urban’s book about Napoleonic sharpshooters.
And while we’re talking about books, last week The Guardian published their annual table of “Fastsellers” which I actually look forward to every year. (No link as at time of writing the Guardian hadn’t put it up). One of the biggest puzzles with this is that something called Bride Stripped Bare appeared at no. 92 without selling a single domestic copy. It doesn’t appear in paperback until March in the UK. Seems to be a load of rubbish.