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Originally Posted by Jessica Lares
Half-Priced Books will do that to you.  |
€1.17 vs. €7.95 (Paperback in NL) = 15% (85% off).
€1.17 vs. €6.95 (Ebook in NL) = 16.8% (83.2% off)
That's a bit more discount than 50%...
Sometimes I wonder how Kobo can still earn money. Some others in the coupon thread wondered the same. I assume that most people don't know about buying in different currencies, let alone about Kobo codes or how to get them.
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With regard to different currencies....
My aunt has my old Kindle Touch (set to German, as she doesn't read English). She doesn't read a lot; maybe a book a month, but likes the bigger fonts on the Touch and the fact that it can be read one-handed. Getting the reader second hand from me made it cheap for her to get into e-reading.
She wanted a book that she saw on TV; a book in Dutch, translated from English. It's just released a few days ago.
Here we go:
Paperback in NL: €17.95
Ebook in Kobo NL store: €13.99
Ebook in Kobo US store: $16.75 (€12.18) (A Dutch book, cheaper in the US store!)
After Kobo Bookriot50 code (85off and 75off and contest codes didn't work): €6.09
Getting the
DUTCH book in the
US store, saved 13% without doing anything else.
Savings compared to the paperback are substantial, shopping abroad and using codes makes the differences even bigger. So, if shopping abroad, even reading Dutch books is starting to become worthwhile, at least at Kobo. Their Dutch selection is MUCH bigger than Amazon's.
If she starts to browse Kobo's Spirituality section, I'll expect a buying spree from her, especially if there are 50%+ codes....