[Synamon]

I bought a full priced book from Kobo a couple of months ago, but the conversion to mobi was wonky (not Kobo's fault, but still), so I was reluctant to buy any more ebooks from them. It took the 85% off code for the Hunger Games to lure me into buying again from Kobo. Since then I've bought a few more books with the normal coupons, so the deep discount made me jump the hurdle and become a regular customer.

Today I used the 75% coupon on a book koland recommended by Anne Holt, an author unknown to me and in the process I discovered that sometimes Kobo carries alternate publishers in Canada for international ebooks that Simon & Schuster publish in the US. I had been boycotting S&S ebooks because they inflate their prices to $17-19 for Canada for no particular reason, instead of pricing the ebooks essentially at the US price like other publishers. I will be checking out Kobo in future for books carried in the US by S&S, so the coupon might have cost Kobo a dollar, but will certainly bring them some future sales from me.

ETA: For example, S&S's Jeffrey Deaver ebooks are a cheaper at Kobo and I just bought myself the latest Kathryn Dance one.