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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
Not sure about the Josh Lanyon (Carina/Harlequin is Agency in the US, not sure about the UK), but the other three aren't from Agency publishers (which is why codes work on them). This means the publisher suggests a list price, but doesn't set the actual price it has to be sold for. A retailer can choose to sell at the list price (and many titles are sold that way) or to discount the title all they want (although IIRC there are some places where by law they must make a profit on the sale).
I generally find for books I'm interested in that I need at minimum a 45% code or often 50% to make it worth me getting it from Kobo (for non-Agency titles of course). The exception being for most self pubbed titles where Amazon tends to usually stick with the author's set price as does Kobo. For those even the smaller codes make Kobo cheaper.
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I know that some (VERY, VERY FEW) indies will price their books taking coupons into account (because we pay for a lot of those discounts out of our share). It's quite possible that Samhain and some of the smaller publishers are doing the same thing. That is not to say that I approve of the practice, but I have seen indies push their price up right before a sponsored listing so that they don't actually give up the 30 percent (or whatever). Not all coupons are sponsored by authors -- Kobo does sponsor quite a few things, including the Trivia coupons. In fact, Kobo is quite generous in sponsoring a number of the promotions.
It may be that some publishers feel that prices in Canada are expected to be higher so they go ahead and price accordingly.