I Love a Good Inventory Reduction Sale!

  • Tim Challies
  • 09/13/07
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At some point I need to write an article about how to build a library on the cheap. When I do it will mention inventory reduction sales. Speaking of which…

Westminster Books is holding just such a sale right now. Since, like several good, Reformed online retailers they don’t really stock any bad books, everything listed there is good. But I noticed at least one that really stands out. Not too long ago I reviewed The Reformation: How a Monk and a Mallet Changed the World and said, “All-in-all, this book serves as a wonderful, popular-level introduction to the key persons and events involved in the Reformation, surely one of history's most pivotal times. It makes for a great springboard to deeper appreciation and thus deeper study of both people and events. It is exactly the kind of book I would put in the hands of new Christians, or simply Christians who have no appreciation of the church's history, so they can benefit from knowing and understanding the history of the church and thus the history of their faith. I wholeheartedly recommend it.” I actually just bought a copy of it for our church library, still believing that it is a superb resource to give people just enough church history to interest them in reading more and to help orient themselves in the grand stream of the long, storied history of the church. You can pick it up now for just $5.20—and it’s a deal at that.

If you didn’t pick up John Piper’s What Jesus Demands from the World during that big Desiring God sale a few months ago, you can get it here for $8.60.

You may also like to click on the “Best of WTS Sale” link. Several good commentaries are on sale there, probably the most notable of which are John Murray on Romans and D.A. Carson on John. Both are priced to sell!

So…

Go shopping!

Comments (8)

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a comment from Darryl • 09/13 @ 3:43pm
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Stop teasing me! When will they start shipping to Canada?

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a comment from Ed • 09/13 @ 4:43pm

or, for that matter, the UK?make it happen Tim…

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a comment from Jeff de Ruyter • 09/13 @ 5:38pm
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You can have it ship to a place in the US called ship happens. They will accept the order, then you can go and pick it up.

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a comment from David at free Christian resources • 09/13 @ 6:02pm
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I agree… we need shipping to the UK!

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a comment from Jeri • 09/13 @ 6:16pm
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Thanks, I definitely want to pick up some of the Monk and Mallet books…I agree, that book surely has a broad appeal. I just bought the commentary on John, and looking forward to using it.

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a comment from James Taylor • 09/13 @ 8:35pm
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Went over to the WTS site and starting choosing books before reading the comments here and realising I can’t get them shipped to the UK… frustrating indeed!!!

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a comment from Elizabeth • 09/14 @ 10:47am
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I almost bought What “Jesus Demands from the World” for a friend the other day - I’m glad I waited. Now I can buy a book for myself with the money I’m saving :) Thanks for the info, Tim.

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a comment from Mark Traphagen • 09/17 @ 9:26am
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Hi, this is Mark from Westminster Bookstore.

The response to this sale has been (almost literally) overwhelming! We had several hundred copies of most of the 12 titles in the sale, and four of them have already sold out in just the first few days. Others are getting low, so if you are planning to snap something up, get in there now!

Same thing with the commentary sale; we’ve sold out of the titles Tim has been recommending and won’t be able to get more within the date range of the sale.

So sorry to all of you outside the US. Believe me, it is painful to not be able to ship to you, and we are actively working on ways to do that without destroying the low prices and excellent customer service we try to maintain for our present customers. Out-of-country shipping involves complexities several magnitudes greater than our present system and staff can handle. It would involve, for one thing, getting exact weights on every one of our over 4000 titles. Some of our major publishers are able to provide this information, but not all.

For now, many of our out-of-country customers find a friend or relative in the US who is willing to re-ship our orders to them. With our low prices and $5 any-size-order shipping within the US, these customers often find it worthwhile to take that extra step.

Thanks for all of your input. We are a little David in a Goliath marketplace (please forgive my stretching that overused biblical metaphor!), and appreciate your prayers that we will have wisdom as we seek to serve well where we can.