It’s that time of the year for many kids and young adults to go back to school! Parents want to make sure their kids are fully stuffed with items that are actually needed to do well inside the classroom, while the kids themselves are looking for fun toys and gadgets. Well, we have good news for both kids and parents. Half.com (eBay’s sister site) would like to extend some savings to their American visitors by offering 10% off $100 orders.  Check the bottom of this post for full details.

Half.com is a giant Internet store, a subsidiary of eBay, but operates a very different online shopping experience than the one you are used at eBay for the most part. First and foremost, you buy items straight up, no need to wait for the bidding to end. Sellers range from many major retailers across the U.S.A. Items have a UPC, ISBN or other kind of SKU. You can also find rare, old or collectible items. You can also sell your unwanted items on the spot, like your used school text books, music or movies (sort of like you can sell your unwanted or unused gift cards at Giftah.com).

So what can you specifically buy on Half.com and what sort of savings are we talking about:

Audiobooks – let’s face it we all get lazy sometimes and it would be nice to have that favorite book of ours read to us by a professional reader before going to sleep. It has been found that being read can help people sleep better, so give it a try after a long study session. Upon writing of this article there were just over 100,000 different audio books posted at Half.com.

$0.99 books – reading is good for you, and so is saving some a bit of money in the process! Many famous and classic books, like To Kill a Mockingbird, can be found for mere $0.75!!

$2.99 CDs – over 120,000 full albums from a wide array of genres all available for purchase below $2.99! You cannot say to such an offer at this price, get some sweet tunes for mere pennies.

PlayStation and XBOX360 Video Games – who doesn’t like to kick back and play some games once in awhile!? Now you can do this by finding games at Half.com for less then $5!

As we mentioned in the beginning right now Half.com is also offering an extra 10% off for any overall purchase of $100+. All you have to do to take advantage of this is fill up your shopping cart with school stuff and add some of your favorite games and movies and enter saveonbooksfall09 as a coupon code. Click here to visit Half.com and start getting ready for school by saving.