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Old 11-21-2012, 05:55 PM   #46
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Oddly, they didn't have me sign up for any special sort of account that I could use to give the store a cut of any ebooks I purchase from Kobo -- I thought that was the whole point of the ABA program, but oh well.
It isn't necessary to sign up for a special account if you buy your Kobo from an independent bookstore. The Kobo ID is registered to the bookstore and any purchases made will result in a credit going to the bookstore.
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Old 11-21-2012, 10:18 PM   #47
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It isn't necessary to sign up for a special account if you buy your Kobo from an independent bookstore. The Kobo ID is registered to the bookstore and any purchases made will result in a credit going to the bookstore.
If you create your Kobo account on the storebought device, that account is "affiliated", and revenue is kicked back whether you buy your Kobo titles on the web or the device.

If you create your Kobo account via a custom link from the store's website to Kobo, using a custom URL which sends the store's ABA number as a parameter, that account is "affiliated", and revenue is kicked back whether you buy your Kobo titles on the web or the device.

If you buy a Kobo title on the storebought device, that purchase is "affiliated", but if the Kobo account you are using already existed, there was (I think) SUPPOSED to be a way to affiliate the existing Kobo account so that ALL purchases (even web ones) result in revenue for the store.

But I am not aware of any way to affiliate an EXISTING Kobo account in this way.
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Old 11-22-2012, 02:43 AM   #48
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That's actually the one thing I'd like a definite answer to. I have an existing Kobo account that I have quite a few books in. I realize I can import them into the reader in other ways anyway, I'd just rather affiliate my current account with the new reader and still be able to give my local bookstore a "cut" of the books I purchase in the future.

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But I am not aware of any way to affiliate an EXISTING Kobo account in this way.
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I would be willing to bet that affiliating an existing kobo account would require a call to Kobo Customer Service. This is just an educated guess though.
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