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Originally Posted by bgalbrecht
There was a short time when Kobo accepted coupons for their ebooks, but it's not clear whether the decision to not allow coupons was Kobo's or the publishers.
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i believe it is Kobo's decision, due to the terms of the settlement.
http://www.wired.com/2012/04/doj-ter...tlement-ebook/
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...Terminate its current contracts with Apple within seven days of the court’s acceptance of the settlement;
Terminate any other contracts with e-book retailers that restrict the retailer’s ability to set final prices for books or contain a “most favored nation” provision prohibiting price competition, as soon as possible;
Renegotiate contracts with Apple and other retailers, with a two-year prohibition on any contract that*prevents retailers from discounting retail prices (see below);
Notify the Department of Justice before entering into any joint ventures between it and another publisher related to e-books;
Designate an antitrust compliance officer and provide the DOJ with a copy of its agreements with any e-book retailers quarterly for five years.
Furthermore, any future agreements between the settling publishers and e-book retailers will have to observe serious restrictions, at least for a time. For two years, e-bookstores must be permitted to discount retail prices of books at their own discretion. ...
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IANAL, so I may be wrong.
