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Originally Posted by GeoffR
Kobo will almost always be cheaper than Amazon if the book is by a publisher that allows Kobo promo codes to be used. In the US none of the big publishers allow promo codes to be used, but in other countries most big publishers allow them.
Another factor I think is that in the US you can usually only buy the US edition of the book, and in the UK you can usually only buy the UK edition, but in other countries you often have the choice of buying either edition, and that means that even if the UK publisher doesn't allow promo codes you can buy it from the US publisher who does, or vice versa.
Local retailers seem to be more focused on the local market than Amazon, for example in New Zealand Kobo and other local retailers had (and still have) specials to promote Eleanor Catton's book after it won the Man Booker prize, none of which have been price matched by Amazon.
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I've very rarely benefited from use of Kobo's coupons. Most of the books I want do not get discounted and on a lot of occasions even with the discount applied, the book is still not cheaper than over on amazon, or is only a few pennies cheaper. I have to then ask myself for the sake of 5 or 10 p is it worth firing up my laptop and using adobe and calibre? At least in the UK, amazon are also good at price matching with kobo and other stores, so even if they have some kind of promotion on, I will probably be able to get the book at the same price from amazon within a few hours if not instantly.