Books-A-Million gives educators a free Educator’s Card that takes 20% off items bought in store and comes with free shipping on eligible booksamillion.com orders. The 20% is for in-store purchases only, and the page says the card is free for all educators without naming a country, a state or a grade level.
If you buy books for your classroom out of your own pocket, a card that costs nothing and takes 20% off in store is an easy one to carry. The online side of the offer is smaller, so this one suits a trip to the store best.
How To Get The Books-A-Million Teacher Discount
Books-A-Million’s Educator Card Program article says to sign up, or to renew an expired Educator’s card, by visiting your local Books-A-Million store and presenting a valid Teacher ID. You can also submit a request for a new card online. The article doesn’t say what counts as a valid Teacher ID, so we can’t tell you which ones the register accepts.
The article adds that if you already have an Educator’s card, there’s a link on the page that shows how to link it to your online account. If you’d like cards for several teachers at your school, it says to contact business@booksamillion.com.
What The Card Gets You
The article lists three benefits. The first is a 20% discount on all items purchased in store. The second is free shipping on all eligible booksamillion.com orders throughout the year, and the article doesn’t say what makes an order eligible. The third is additional savings and benefits during special events in store and online, including the annual Educator Week.
The 20% is tied to in-store purchases, so it doesn’t carry over to booksamillion.com. Online, the benefit the article names is the free shipping.
Educator Week
The article calls Educator Week annual and says it brings extra savings and benefits in store and online. It gives no dates and no terms for the week, so we can’t tell you when it falls or what’s discounted. If you want to plan a trip around it, ask your local store.
If You Also Have A Millionaire’s Club Card
Books-A-Million also runs a Millionaire’s Club card program. Its terms and conditions say the Member Discount can’t be used with any coupons or with any corporate or prearranged group discounts, and they name educator discounts among the exclusions. We didn’t confirm how the register handles a customer who holds both cards, so ask the store before you count on using them together.
What We Couldn’t Confirm
The Educator Card article doesn’t list any items the 20% leaves out. Books-A-Million’s separate article on items that don’t qualify for coupons names gift cards, eGift Certificates, magazine subscriptions, New & Used Marketplace items and specialty items such as LEGO, but it doesn’t mention the Educator’s Card, so we can’t say whether any of those are left out of the 20%.
The article calls the card free for all educators and doesn’t say more about who counts, so we can’t say whether homeschool teachers or retired teachers qualify. It doesn’t mention Black Friday or Cyber Monday pricing, and it gives no dates for Educator Week. We didn’t visit a store or request a card, which means we haven’t seen one in hand.
Q&A
Does the 20% work on booksamillion.com?
The article ties the 20% to items purchased in store. For online orders, it names free shipping on eligible orders.
What do I bring to the store?
A valid Teacher ID, according to the article. It doesn’t say which kinds of ID count.
Does the card cost anything?
No. The article calls it a discount card program that’s free for all educators.
My card expired. What do I do?
The article says to renew it the same way you sign up: visit a store with a valid Teacher ID, or submit an online request for a new card.
Can my school get cards for several teachers?
The article says to contact business@booksamillion.com to request multiple cards for the teachers in your school.
Can I use it with my Millionaire’s Club card?
The Millionaire’s Club terms say the Member Discount can’t be used with educator discounts. We couldn’t confirm how that plays out at the register.
More Information:
The details above come from Books-A-Million’s own help center articles as they loaded when we checked, and they change without notice. See more entertainment discounts for teachers.