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chrisridd · 11-29-2023, 01:36 PM

I wrote a little perl script to help me find which Kobo "country" store gives the cheapest prices for a book. It might be helpful to others.

GitHub gist

To use it, find the book you're interested in on the store, and pass the entire URL to the script. e.g.

Code:

kobocompare https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/alliance-rising-1

and wait a little bit.

I've hardcoded a set of currency conversions to GBP, which obviously could be improved by someone. Equally obviously it could check each store in parallel instead of one at a time. Patches welcome, as they say.

11-29-2023, 01:36 PM	#1
chrisridd Guru Posts: 983 Karma: 2209358 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: London, UK Device: Kobo Aura, Kobo Aura ONE, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	Kobo store price comparisons I wrote a little perl script to help me find which Kobo "country" store gives the cheapest prices for a book. It might be helpful to others. GitHub gist To use it, find the book you're interested in on the store, and pass the entire URL to the script. e.g. Code: kobocompare https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/alliance-rising-1 and wait a little bit. I've hardcoded a set of currency conversions to GBP, which obviously could be improved by someone. Equally obviously it could check each store in parallel instead of one at a time. Patches welcome, as they say.