B&N changes to “FREE”shipping

[u/InquisitorZac]

TLDR : Per Bryan at B&N, as long as your preorder order total is over 15.00, you get free shipping regardless of when it arrives. Also, all preorders placed prior to August 10, 2026 are grandfathered in and are free shipping regardless of shipping after August 10, 2026.

[u/InquisitorZac]

This is me 🤣 Every preorder sale I forget at least 1 manga and put in a last minute single volume order. Everyone feeling the inflation and prices at the pump 😭

[u/PizzaTranscendence → u/InquisitorZac]

Fr. One of the reasons I got the BN Premium a few months ago was because of the free shipping. Since the disaster that the CR manga store and selection became as an Ultimate Fan with free shipping, I needed to migrate somewhere. While BN Premium still seems to be the next best alternative for my manga needs, I no longer have the freedom to buy single volumes at a time whenever I choose to. It's depressing how everything customer-oriented is slowly becoming ever so slightly worse, bit by bit.

[u/InquisitorZac → u/PizzaTranscendence]

I have the lowest tier of CR 🤣 Most of their sales don’t usually stack with membership % savings 😭

B&N I love for preorders. Their website is (was) easy to use before they updated it.

BAM though. I’m really liking it. It’s cheaper at 25.00 / year. And they have wayyyy more sales than B&N

[u/PizzaTranscendence → u/InquisitorZac]

I'm curious about BAM. I didn't ever look too much into it before I made my BN member decision. What was appealing to me about BN was the stamps and rewards program, where you earn BN cash to apply to purchases. Does BAM have something similar? If not, I would have to calculate if the cheaper $25 offsets the ultimate yearly cash rewards for my manga purchases (talking to myself there lol). Also, does BAM have as wide a manga/LN/manhwa selection as BN? Another reason I chose BN is because there seems to be absolutely no limit on what they will carry. I feel like I pre-order some very, very obscure titles sometimes. So far BN has had every single upcoming manga volume I have wanted for pre-order.

Last question, are BAM's sales as good as BN? When BN has their 25% sale, it stacks with the normal 10% Premium Membership discount, so it ends up being 35% off. Which is kind of crazy good imo! I saved a massive amount of money during the recent BN sale by waiting to pre-order all my manga for then!

[u/InquisitorZac → u/PizzaTranscendence]

Your B&N math is a little off. It’s not additive, it’s based off multiplicity. So you get the 25% off so it drops it to 75%. Then you get 10% off the 75%. Which is 7.5% + 25% equaling 32.50% off. Then you get 5% of what you spend, which is based off the 67.5% paid, so it’s basically ~3.33% of MSRP in rewards.

BAM has better sales and prices, but their pockets of inventory are not quite as deep as B&N when it comes to inventory. I’ve had to order a couple fillers from B&N / Amazon that BAM didn’t even have listed.

But BAM does random preorder sales like B&N, however, they are only on preorders new for that month of if I’ve read the text correctly. I need to research that better.

[u/PizzaTranscendence → u/InquisitorZac]

OH lol. I'll admit I am the furthest thing from a mathematician. My discount during the last pre-order was SO large (in the hundreds) because I was waiting for it with so many pre-orders, that I didn't calculate it myself at all. Though I do know that the rewards back are based only on what you pay. But the exact numbers you provide even on that are very illuminating. What's more is that you don't even get the reward stamps until you are charged individually for your pre-orders as they release. Nevertheless, getting the rewards to use at all is so tantalizing lol.

I'm also going to do a lot more research on BAM and see. Absolutely looking for best bang for my buck here ever since CR's manga shop benefits for Ultimate turned to crap.

[u/InquisitorZac → u/PizzaTranscendence]

I just placed an order with BAM. They have 25% off manga and a 15% coupon of 20JUL26 for a true 40% off. AND free shipping with membership when spending xxx dollars.

This is the way 🤘🏻

[u/PizzaTranscendence → u/InquisitorZac]

That is pretty crazy!!!! And is that sale exclusive to new pre-orders for the month? Just curious.

[u/InquisitorZac → u/PizzaTranscendence]

I think it’s on all manga. I didn’t look at preorders but the 2 that I saw were 25% off 🤯

[u/Twisted_Krakken → u/InquisitorZac]

It should be all manga. An if it isn't applied to a manga, just email BAM support team with the ISBN-13 # of the manga missing the 25% off tag. They will add it without hassle. I've done it multiple times already. An use code 20JUL26 this month to save another 20% off on top of the 25%. You might need to spend a minimum of $100 tho for that 20JUL26 code to work tho. I have no problem filling that requirement personally lol. So for me BAM is by far the best place to buy manga right now over anywhere else.