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Originally Posted by pdurrant
I do understand how frustrating that must be for those not in the US/UK/CA.
OTOH, for those of us living in those countries (or travelling) it's quite astonishing to have so many.
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I think it's the pub restrictions giving her the most trouble, not the codes because the traveling allowed people to buy books that probably weren't supposed to be eligible for coupons. And I am pretty sure those books working with coupons in any country was a loophole just based on the way the commissions/splits/georestrictions work. So really, it was a bit of luck it worked that way for as long as it did. I don't expect that to come back. And with large codes used on any major publisher, Koboa was likely losing money anyway on those sales so even if it wasn't a mistake...I kind of doubt there is incentive to bring it back.
In fact, for most of these codes, they are likely losing some money, but it is a draw and it does give them advertisement (this thread for example, my blog and other blogs that talk about the contest, etc).
Oddly the contest is not one that they include in their associates advertising (in other words, it's not one that they tell us associates about.) I found out about it here and then began blogging it. It's a fairly popular feature at my blog, usually for the first few days as people get some decent codes and buy the 1 or 2 books they have on their list. I'm fairly certain that at least one blog follower learned about kobo and bought a mini because I was blogging about the contest. I've blogged about kobo before, but it wasn't until the trivia/coupons that some people took notice of the actual site and machine and started asking me questions.
FWIW. I've blogged a long time about various machines/retailers and the trivia is a popular feature and I do think it generated interest in the company.