{"id":187808,"date":"2025-10-03T16:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T16:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/187808\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T16:14:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T16:14:07","slug":"early-prime-day-book-deals-are-live-and-some-of-our-favorites-are-over-50-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/187808\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Prime Day Book Deals Are Live, and Some of Our Favorites Are Over 50% Off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amazon\u2019s October Prime Day<\/a> officially kicks off next week, and apart from stocking up on Christmas and Halloween essentials, it\u2019s also a great time to build out your personal library. <\/p>\n

CNET’s shopping experts have spotted tons of early book deals<\/a> already live, and the discounts aren\u2019t just limited to Kindle. You\u2019ll find solid markdowns on both digital and paperback editions, with some starting as low as $2. Wandering about the Shire with Mr. Burglar Baggins, watching Super Frog save Tokyo, or unpacking the gritty truths through dystopias like 1984 — you are sure to find plenty worth picking up.<\/p>\n

Selection is wide, but we do have a few standout picks you shouldn\u2019t miss out on. First up, The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition is down to just $2<\/a> for Kindle users. This enhanced edition includes all of Tolkien\u2019s own drawings and colored illustrations, including the rare \u201cMirkwood\u201d piece. The standard paperback is also more than half off, now just $9<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a Kindle Edition of The Silo Series collection by Hugh Howey going for just $20<\/a>, after a massive $40 drop. This one bundles Wool, Shift, Dust, and the Silo Stories in one. It’s a great pick for fans of the Apple TV Plus show, which is one of the best sci-fi TV shows<\/a> you can stream.<\/p>\n

Hey, did you know? CNET Deals texts are free, easy and save you money<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Then you’ve got George Orwell\u2019s eerily relevant 1984 down to $2<\/a> on Kindle, while the paperback is $6 after a 50% price cut<\/a>. The paperback version of The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood has also dropped to just $9<\/a> — half off the usual price of $18.<\/p>\n

There’s plenty more to discover, but note that most of these are limited-time drops, so you might want to act fast to grab what you like.<\/p>\n

Why this deal matters<\/p>\n

Why pay full price for one book when you can grab three for the same cost? These early deals make it easy, whether you\u2019re looking for some solid non-fiction or a timeless classic. <\/p>\n

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CNET is always covering a wide array of deals on tech products and much more. Start with the hottest sales and discounts on the\u00a0CNET Deals page<\/a>, and sign up for the\u00a0CNET Deals Text<\/a>\u00a0to get daily deals sent straight to your phone. Add the free\u00a0CNET Shopping extension<\/a>\u00a0to your browser for real-time price comparisons and cash-back offers. And peruse our\u00a0gift guide<\/a>, which includes a full range of ideas for birthdays, anniversaries and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amazon\u2019s October Prime Day officially kicks off next week, and apart from stocking up on Christmas and Halloween…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[64,63,457,134],"class_list":["post-187808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-books","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-books","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}