Art Books Sales at Amazon – 90 to 99% Off

Published 2 January 12 | By Aisling

Looking for art books on sale If you’re addicted to art books, as I am, you’re always looking for good sales.

(Note: You can read how & why I created this list, or you can just scroll down to where it says “The Amazon Links” and start clicking.)

Amazon often has some amazingly juicy books and ridiculously low prices. The challenge is finding them.

The deep discounts aren’t listed on Amazon’s home page. In fact, I often have to search high & low to find where the deals are.

Sometimes the search is so frustrating, I just give up.

Then, I’ll stumble onto someone else’s link to a super-discounted book at Amazon, like I did this morning. And, rather than try to remember where the really yummy sale pages are at Amazon’s book listings, I’ve now bookmarked them.

Here are my bookmarks, in case you want to use them, too. (Or, just bookmark this page so you can return here easily.)

Tips: The categories aren’t always right. Sometimes, some of the books aren’t deeply discounted.

(Don’t focus on just the retail/new price. Also look in the “used book” column. As I’m writing this, I see a Keri Smith book for 66 cents, from a dealer whose books are usually like new, or nearly new.)

Be patient when you’re browsing. Sometimes the books aren’t even remotely about the category. It’s been worthwhile for me to snoop around each category anyway.

I mean, seriously, finding a $35 art book for $3 or less…? Yes, I’ll spend a few minutes to land that kind of deal!

Be warned: Clicking on any of these links can be a time sink. Don’t ask how many books I added to my wishlist as I put this list together.

However, I managed to succumb to just one purchase, WordPlay, because I found a copy for under $1. It’s a book about ambigrams, a concept that’s always fascinated me.

(The book is about the concepts and philosophy related to this calligraphic art, in addition to examples of it. If you’re just looking for ambigrams, you can generate your own online at Flipscript.)

THE AMAZON DISCOUNT LINKS

Click here for all Amazon books at 90 – 99% off

Here are the categories most interesting to artists…

Crafts & Hobbies (in general – lots of artsy-craftsy stuff in the mix)

Art Books (in general)

Business of Art
Drawing
Fashion – A lot of “how not to look fat” and “how not to look old” books, but also books about fashion design and fashion designers, modern and vintage.
Other media – Includes Illuminations (wonderful inspiration for illustrated text journaling), Mixed Media (some of that is pretty wild), and Ceramics, among other topics.
Painting
Photography – Including Photojournalism, which includes some incredibly juicy books full of visual inspiration.
Art Schools, Periods, and Styles, to learn from past masters.
Sculpture
Study & Teaching
Children’s arts & crafts books

Other, sort of related:

I could probably spend another hour or two, finding more nooks & crannies in the Amazon sale categories they don’t post on their homepage.

However, this is a good enough starting point. I’m sure I’ll add more cool links as I find them, and I hope you’ll share your favorites in comments, below.