So when I guessed $15.93 was about as cheap as they would get before the holidays, I guessed wrong.

Through the 12/19, Entertainment Books are on sale for $19.99 with free shipping, plus when you shop through Ebates.com or MrRebates.com, you’ll 35% cash back on your purchase! (Just search for entertainment.com on either cash back site to find the link to click through.) That brings the final price, after $7 cash back, to $12.99. Just be aware that you might not receive your book by Christmas if you were considering giving it as a gift.*

I got my 2011 Richmond book last week, and flipped through it quickly. Many of the offers are the same year-to-year, but I’m noticing less “high end” restaurants in the first part of the book than there used to be (This is a very unscientific observation, I know). On the other hand, this edition included more food freebies than I remember in previous years, as well as a few “$5 off” cards packaged separately:

Coupons include free fries at Hardee’s, free vanilla cone at Sonic, free cookies from Subway, free movie at Regal Cinemas on your birthday, $5 off any purchase at Cheeburger Cheeburger, and free Grand Slam breakfast, Sunset dinner entree, and $5 off at Denny’s.

(Update: I went to the mailbox just after posting and found a postcard from Entertainment.com advertising free rush shipping this Friday Dec 17. If Christmas delivery is important, consider waiting til Friday, go figure I would anticipate the cash back still working in conjunction with the Friday offer, but no guarantees)