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Originally Posted by Geenween
The most discount I ever saw on a H2O in Italy is a 10 euros discount, and even then it was one electronics retailer, never in one of the affiliated bookstores. At most they have had discounts on the covers if you bought a device. I always took it as a sign they sell them steadily enough that they don't need to attract a lot of customers, after all, mostly they are intended for a niche audience and there isn't that much competition in the field.
Even the Glo HD was rarely on sale, until it went out of production and to sell the last units they included the cover in the price of the device.
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That is pretty much what I see as well. I think there *may* have been an H2O bundled with a cover at one point. The kobo thread on mobileread had a coupon that worked on some units (only the older ones at the time). They also rarely, rarely do giveaways of the readers. I've tried to get my blog qualified to do an e-reader giveaway and they just don't seem interested in doing them. In all the time I've been working with them I have seen them do ONE giveaway on a blog (I think 4 blogs participated in getting the word out and "registering" for the giveaway) and it was this year. I think the H2O was on back order in the early days of selling it too, but that was a while ago so I might not be remembering the correct unit.
Most of their focus/promos are on selling books.