A robust collection of newspapers sends visitors a dual message: that you’re well read and that you have total confidence in the load-bearing properties of your coffee table. Stay in the know while vouching for your furniture with today’s Groupon: for $39, you get a one-year Sunday-only subscription to The Birmingham News (an $80.60 value). Type your zip code on the subscriber page to see if you live in the sphere of delivery.

As Alabama's most-widely circulated newspaper, The Birmingham News has won numerous awards, including a Pulitzer Prize for reporting in 2007 and the Alabama Press Association's Award for General Excellence in 2010. With ample coverage of all the newsiest stories in the world of local politics, sports, business, entertainment, and Family Circus, customers can spend a lazy Sunday afternoon becoming well informed on current events. Though it's available at more than 1,500 newsstands in the area, home delivery allows subscribers to never leave the comfort of their pajamas. The newspaper also offers an average of $220 worth of coupons in every Sunday issue, which means the subscription will eventually pay for itself in savings on groceries, clothes, and used Soviet submarines.

The value stated in this deal is an introductory price only. After the 52-week promotion period, your subscription will continue and you will be billed at the prevailing Sunday only home delivery rate unless you contact The Birmingham News.