This might be limited to the London area, but for the past couple of days, The Times newspaper has been giving away a free book with each copy, if you buy it in certain places.
And not just any old tat book, either - they seem to be giving away a different title from the Penguin Celebrations series each day; on Monday it was Everything Is Illuminated, yesterday it was Freakonomics, and today it was ... well, it was this, which I decided against. But who knows which of the (really quite impressive) list it will be tomorrow?
As The Times costs 70p, it strikes me as a pretty good way to get a cheapie book - comes in at less than 10% of the cover price, and as a bonus they all have that rather classic Penguin livery which I know less from my own experience and more from my father's bookshelves and second-hand bookshops, so they'll all look rather swish on the shelf.
I'm not entirely sure what the locations are where this deal applies, as a quick Google shed no light, but I know that Sainsburys and Starbucks appear to be participating - it's pretty easy to spot if a particular shop is taking part, though, as the copies of the Times are shrinkwrapped in a plastic cover with, er, a book on the front.
Apologies if you're interested but this offer doesn't prove to be running in your neck of the woods, but I thought it was worth sharing. After all, a book for less than a pound (with a free newspaper) is something rather unusual, wouldn't you say?
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It's also available in the branches of W H Smith that are at London rail terminals.
Thanks, that's good to know - though I still don't have any idea if this is a London-only promotion, be a bit of a shame for non-Smoke-dwellers to miss out.
J
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