Apple Books During a Pandemic
It seems like more books have regularly seen deep discounts in Apple Books in recent months.
While the world was amid #ToiletPaperApocalypse, I was in the middle of my own stockpiling of sorts: ravenously purchasing discounted books from the Apple Books.
When the early months of the pandemic radically reduced the places and things I could access, I, along with many others around the world, found myself tuning in to digital and streaming services for entertainment, distraction, and good old-fashioned retail therapy.
And though it might've been my imagination during this pandemic, it has felt like more books, and more high-quality books (my perception), would regularly see deep discounts of 50-75% off their regular price. These discounts made it easy to be persuaded & pick up dozens of books in the past few months and read more than I have in years.
And to increase my savings, I have exclusively purchased iTunes gift cards for years when retailers (In my area that's Costco) discount their gift cards by 15-20%. I am making purchases for 80-cents on the dollar, turning a $9.99 book to a $7.99 purchase, or discounting a $29.99 box set to $23.99.
Reading List
Below is a list of some of the discounted books I’d purchased during the past few months. All cost between $1.99-5.99 at the time of purchase):
Uncanny Valley - Anna Wiener
The Body - Bill Bryson
21 Lessons for the 21st Century - Yuval Noah Harari
Calypso - David Sedaris
Deep Work - Cal Newport
The Happiness Trap - Russ Harris
In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
The Harry Potter Series (Enhanced Editions) - J. K. Rowling
Watchmen - Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
Bad Blood
How to Do Nothing - Jenny Odell
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck - Mark Manson
The Ends of the World - Peter Brannen
The Revenge of Analog - David Sax
High Achiever - Tiffany Jenkins
Range - David Epstein
Killers of the Flower Moon - David Grann
When Things Fall Apart - Pema Chödrön
Bad Blood - John Carreyrou
