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Old 02-24-2015, 10:31 PM   #166
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David I'm sure you would have said something but the book is in your My Library, isn't it?
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Old 02-24-2015, 11:30 PM   #167
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I thought you said it wasn't in your library. Or was that "didn't get added just now but it's been there for a while"?
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Old 02-24-2015, 11:47 PM   #168
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I thought you said it wasn't in your library. Or was that "didn't get added just now but it's been there for a while"?
Eh????????

The book is not in My Library because I didn't buy it. It just showed on the front page as being in My Library.

Is the book is your My Library? (After all you did buy it.)
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Old 02-25-2015, 12:29 AM   #169
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Apparently I'm having reading comprehension problems. Maybe "your My" short-circuited my brain.

Yes, the book is in my library.
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Old 02-25-2015, 02:16 AM   #170
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Strange stuff .... I viewed the Aus Daily Deal ebook:
Ben Aaronovitch
Rivers of London
Only $4.99
was $11.99
buy now $4.99

I did not buy the book, I only viewed the info page - and now on the home page that book shows as 'View in library'. Of course when I view in my library it's not there, because I didn't buy it. That is, it's not in my kobobooks.com web site library, nor Kobo Desktop for PC (so no kepub version) either.

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I just went into the Aus site again to check out whether there'd been a change of status with respect to the book showing as being in My Library, and there's been a change of status to the pricing of the Daily Deal:

Only $4.99
Was $11.99
Buy now $11.99

So, they may have fixed one problem, but they've created another .....
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Old 02-25-2015, 03:47 PM   #171
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No Daily Deal in Aus this morning ..... perhaps it means that the feature is being worked on.

(That is, there's no dialogue box showing the Daily Deal, and when you click on the Header: Daily Deal .... A Great ebook every day! ...... Get it now
nothing happens.)
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Old 02-26-2015, 01:30 PM   #172
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Have you considered that regardless of whether or not you can buy from elsewhere, (and there are valid reasons to not want to do that, as mentioned above,) it is still perfectly reasonable to desire other vendors (e.g. Kobo) to have decent prices, because... apparently people like options, and encouraging competition?
(That would be the main reason to buy a Kobo in the first place. )
Exactly. If you don't want Kobo to have high book prices, then don't reward them by buying the book at their inflated prices.

Shop around. If you go along with being 'locked in' when there's no reason to, then the price you pay is on your head. If Kobo can make more money charging higher prices, that's good business for them.

Shopping around is absurdly easy in this digital world. It's hardly onerous to push a few buttons or click a few times in order to get a better price.

Make competition work for you!
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Old 02-26-2015, 05:16 PM   #173
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Oh my, the Aus Daily Deal is having it's share of problems, eh!

Count to a Trillion
Only $2.99
Was $7.99
Buy Now $3.16
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Old 03-02-2015, 04:51 PM   #174
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What is it about the Kobo Aus Daily Deal that confounds the programmers?

Touch
Jus Accardo
Only $1.99
Was $10.55
Buy now $9.19



murg, I'm sure you'll have a startling revelation!
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Old 03-03-2015, 02:18 AM   #175
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Oh look, Aus is not the only country with Daily Deal probs - UK:

Never Forget Me
Marguerite Kaye
Only: £1.99
Was: £6.99
Buy Now: £0.98
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The Spring of the Ram (amazon.ca) 18.02 (Book 2 of the House of Niccolo).
Kobo: 31.39


May I just add the additional peeve that in Canada, the first book of the series is not available on either Kobo or Kindle.

This is another one where I'm going with Kindle. 18.02 is steep enough for an ebook.
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Can't understand the reason for the price differential for Jacqueline Winspear's ebook:

A Dangerous Place
Kobo: $19.19
Amazon: $12.93
Publisher for both Amazon and Kobo versions: Allison & Busby

Both released today, 23 April.

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the book is discountable at Kobo Aus, but there aren't any codes that you can use to discount it. I can't see the reason why Aus and NZ aren't included in the monthly Contests.
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Old 04-24-2015, 02:38 PM   #178
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Can't understand the reason for the price differential for Jacqueline Winspear's ebook:

A Dangerous Place
Kobo: $19.19
Amazon: $12.93
Publisher for both Amazon and Kobo versions: Allison & Busby

Both released today, 23 April.

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the book is discountable at Kobo Aus, but there aren't any codes that you can use to discount it. I can't see the reason why Aus and NZ aren't included in the monthly Contests.
Hmmm...it's $14.99 for me on both Amazon and Kobo. Google is also $14.99. I'm in the US.

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$16.99 at Google, Amazon.ca and Kobo for me here in Canada.
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@shalym and jiminrussell did you consider the publisher differences?

The US and CA Kobo publisher is Harper.
USD: 14.99
CA: 16.99

The CA Amazon publisher - Harper.
CA: 16.99

The US Amazon publisher - Allison & Busby
US: 9.99

The Kobo AU and UK publisher is Allison & Busby.
Au: 19.99
UK: £11.99

The Amazon AU and UK publisher is Allison & Busby.
Au: 12.93
UK: £10.79

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Shalym you may see a different Amazon version than me, so I've attached the amazon us version that I see ....
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