When I first saw on Facebook the advertisement of Books for Less, I thought at first it was a joke. The ad says they were selling books for P10 (US$0.25) each. This can’t be. As far as I knew, Books for Less were selling discounted books, but not for as low as P10. I only visited one branch of Books for Less, and that was in the Mall of Asia, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. But these P10 books were being sold in a warehouse in Pasig. So I decided to take a look.
And so on 2014 August 16, I went to
their warehouse in Pasig. To my amazement, they were indeed selling P10
books. But what was more surprising was that the books that they were selling
were hard bounds and hard to find award winners, nominees and all time bests. One book which I bought was a hardbound one entitled
Backlash by Susan Faludi, which was the 1991 National Book Critics Circle Award
winner. There was also the hardbound
book that was included in the list of 1000 non fiction book of all time – Running
on Amazon by Joe Kane. And also the 1981
Booker Prize nominee, The Sirian Experiments by Doris Lessing. And there were also a few Life Travel Books,
which are indeed would look nice in my home library.
For book lovers like me, shopping for
books this way was like paradise. But one
should be patient in searching for books, as the place is quite crowded, hot and
tight. But it was worth it. Imagine all the books you can get for P10
each. Makes me want to think of visiting
their regular branches and see what other quality books they are selling. Unfortunately, this sale extravaganza from
Books for Less is just happening this August.
So for those who are interested to buy quality books, their P10 sale will last until August 31 of
2014.
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