For anyone who reads French-language BDs and/or Japanese manga in French translation, there's a sale on selected volumes from the imprints Glénat, Pika, Sandawe, and possibly others (they all look to be owned by Hachette), going on at multiple retailers which carry French-language books around the world, in addition to two 1st-in-series freebies (posted in their own threads).
The prices range from $2.99-$3.99 CAD (or local equivalent) per volume, and include a number of well-known Japanese manga such as Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi and secondary works by creators like Kaori Yuki (of Angel Sanctuary fame) and Ken Akamatsu (known for Love Hina). There are also translated western comics by Greg Rucka, and original French BD and manga-styled BD by creators like Didier Quella-Guyot (
Bédétheque), whose work I've seen
via the BD adaptations of Agatha Christie's novels, some of which I happen to own.
Going from the listings for the rest of the non-sale volumes in several series, the usual prices for these things are in the $6.99+ range, so this is a pretty good sale offer. There's a good mix of genres in it, from fantasy to historical to contemporary comedy to mystery.
Probably the easiest way to see the sale titles is via Kobo Canada's promotion page, which says the sale ends on July 17th:
Mangas et bandes dessinées - se termine le 17 juillet
The sale prices seem to also be available at Google Play and iTunes and Amazon CA (for some reason, the generic Amazon.com store, even set to a Canadian account, will not list certain Francophone publisher titles which apparently it only carries in the country-specific version which you'd have to have your account transferred to), and possibly elsewhere (seems to be only partial sale reduction of select titles at Amazon FR when I looked). They don't seem to have the volumes at Comixology, at least for the ones I spot-checked.
The freebies via Kobo were perfectly standard ePub3 which the tools had no trouble with and transferred easily for reading in iBooks on my Mac, in case you were wondering about compatibility issues.