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ATDrake · 10-02-2016, 10:19 PM

If you happen to be into Canadian literature (or overseas imports by a Canadian publisher), Kobo Canada has a current promotion, good through October 31st, for select titles from House of Anansi (a leading independent publisher) for under $5 CAD each (couponable). I'm mostly seeing a price of $3.50 with my VIP membership discount, but a few are under $3 as well. There's a mix of literary and general/children's fiction, non-fiction, and crime thrillers, and HOA's books are normally priced at over $10 CAD (I know this because I have a number on my wishlist, and keep hoping for holiday offers on them; alas, no new price-drops this time around).

In addition to Giller Prize and Arthur Ellis Award-nominated homegrown Canadian talent such as Ian Hamilton (SYKM; whose currently-part-of-the-sale Ava Lee series of mostly non-murder investigative action mysteries starring a globe-trotting forensic accountant I highly recommend if you're into that sort of thing), HOA's Spiderline imprint is also the English-language publisher for a number of international authors highly popular in foreign translation in Europe, such as Sweden's Stefan Ahnhem (SYKM) and Denmark's Jakob Melander (SYKM), who both have 1st-in-series novels in the sale, and bringing British authors to North America. A lot of these authors have different (and often non-couponable and seldom on sale; though I did pick up Ahnhem's book really cheap last year for just £0.99 from Head of Zeus, less couponage) publishers in the US and UK, if their books are available there at all.

Linkage for the dedicated promo page, with categories of: Fabulous Fiction, Chilling Mysteries & Thrillers, Must-Read Non-Fiction, Great Choices for Young Readers

Also, if you happen to be a fan of Joanne Fluke's (SYKM, Wikipedia) popular cozy mysteries (and also her lesser-known thrillers), Kobo has a 3 for 2 sale, also good until October 31st, on many of her titles. IIRC, these are mostly out from Kensington, who are now non-couponable in the US since their recent acquisition by one of the big publishing houses, but are still couponable/VIP discounted in Canada for who knows how much longer. Anyway, this is probably the cheapest you're likely to see them on sale for a while, unless you're willing to wait for the sporadic $1.99-$2.99 price-drops that Kensington sometimes runs on selected titles. Incidentally, this sale stacks with the selected Fluke titles already in that price range, if you can find three of them you don't already have.

Linkage for the lot in the Fluke offer, if you're interested.

10-02-2016, 10:19 PM	#15853
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	If you happen to be into Canadian literature (or overseas imports by a Canadian publisher), Kobo Canada has a current promotion, good through October 31st, for select titles from House of Anansi (a leading independent publisher) for under $5 CAD each (couponable). I'm mostly seeing a price of $3.50 with my VIP membership discount, but a few are under $3 as well. There's a mix of literary and general/children's fiction, non-fiction, and crime thrillers, and HOA's books are normally priced at over $10 CAD (I know this because I have a number on my wishlist, and keep hoping for holiday offers on them; alas, no new price-drops this time around). In addition to Giller Prize and Arthur Ellis Award-nominated homegrown Canadian talent such as Ian Hamilton (SYKM; whose currently-part-of-the-sale Ava Lee series of mostly non-murder investigative action mysteries starring a globe-trotting forensic accountant I highly recommend if you're into that sort of thing), HOA's Spiderline imprint is also the English-language publisher for a number of international authors highly popular in foreign translation in Europe, such as Sweden's Stefan Ahnhem (SYKM) and Denmark's Jakob Melander (SYKM), who both have 1st-in-series novels in the sale, and bringing British authors to North America. A lot of these authors have different (and often non-couponable and seldom on sale; though I did pick up Ahnhem's book really cheap last year for just £0.99 from Head of Zeus, less couponage) publishers in the US and UK, if their books are available there at all. Linkage for the dedicated promo page, with categories of: Fabulous Fiction, Chilling Mysteries & Thrillers, Must-Read Non-Fiction, Great Choices for Young Readers Also, if you happen to be a fan of Joanne Fluke's (SYKM, Wikipedia) popular cozy mysteries (and also her lesser-known thrillers), Kobo has a 3 for 2 sale, also good until October 31st, on many of her titles. IIRC, these are mostly out from Kensington, who are now non-couponable in the US since their recent acquisition by one of the big publishing houses, but are still couponable/VIP discounted in Canada for who knows how much longer. Anyway, this is probably the cheapest you're likely to see them on sale for a while, unless you're willing to wait for the sporadic $1.99-$2.99 price-drops that Kensington sometimes runs on selected titles. Incidentally, this sale stacks with the selected Fluke titles already in that price range, if you can find three of them you don't already have. Linkage for the lot in the Fluke offer, if you're interested.