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Originally Posted by shalym
I'm curious as to which books by the big publishers I can buy with points? When I do a quick search, I can't find any books that aren't by small independents...kind of like it is in Kindle Unlimited, but with a smaller selection.
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It varies by country. To see all the books you can spend points on from the Kobo website, do a search with an empty search box to list all books, select filters by language, category, etc., tick the points box under pricing options, and click the apply button.
Where I am (New Zealand), 92% of the paid English-language ebooks on Kobo can be bought with points, including books by the big publishers Hachette, Penguin/Random House, Macmillan US (but not HarperCollins or Macmillan UK).
But points are received from all ebook purchases, not just the ones the ones that can be bought with points, and the points don't have to be spent only on other books by the same publishers. If Amazon wanted to offer a competing rebate scheme they could negotiate with suppliers to allow the rebates from ebooks to be spent on lawn-mowers or vacuum-cleaners or whatever.
(Edit: Just to point out that Hachette uses agency-style pricing in New Zealand, and also allows its ebooks to be bought with points, so one doesn't automatically preclude the other.)