85% Off the Hunger Games - Page 5

JoeD · 03-24-2012, 08:41 AM

Must be a sign I've too many books to read when I turn such a good deal down for a set of books I wouldn't mind reading, all because I don't want the hassle of signing up for another book store and having to remove the drm/convert to kindle (as easy as it is).

Hopefully they'll do a promo on the kindle store before too long, if they do I'll grab em then

JSWolf · 03-24-2012, 09:12 AM

You could buy the ePub, strip the DRM and then downconvert to Mobi.

murraypaul · 03-24-2012, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by JoeD

Must be a sign I've too many books to read when I turn such a good deal down for a set of books I wouldn't mind reading, all because I don't want the hassle of signing up for another book store and having to remove the drm/convert to kindle (as easy as it is).

Hopefully they'll do a promo on the kindle store before too long, if they do I'll grab em then

Same here, I just can't be bothered buying from anywhere other than Amazon anymore.

skyblue23 · 03-24-2012, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by bgalbrecht

My mistake. I only glanced at your profile, and also didn't notice that the runner for your books read is a woman. Still, I wonder why my price was higher than yours.

I live in Chicago and paid $1.51, $1.68 & $1.68 for the ebooks. There was no sales tax.

I noticed yesterday that the price of the complete trilogy was around $27, but after I logged in, the price was closer to $34 so I just bought the books individually. I didn't think anything of it at the time.

I just registered with a new e-mail address and tried to buy The Hunger Games. The price was $5.51 or $0.83 with the coupon. Same computer as the one I used yesterday. I even entered the City/State so the location would be the same. Kobo is charging me 2 different prices for the exact same ebook.

Shopaholic · 03-24-2012, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Can you change the font size?

Yes. I've changed the font size & the font type on my Sony with these books.

ChupaLibro · 03-24-2012, 04:23 PM

Nice, thanks! Just bought the first book yesterday off of Amazon for $5 but even still, grabbing the next 2 for $1 a piece is still big.

koland · 03-24-2012, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by skyblue23

I live in Chicago and paid $1.51, $1.68 & $1.68 for the ebooks. There was no sales tax.

I noticed yesterday that the price of the complete trilogy was around $27, but after I logged in, the price was closer to $34 so I just bought the books individually. I didn't think anything of it at the time.

I just registered with a new e-mail address and tried to buy The Hunger Games. The price was $5.51 or $0.83 with the coupon. Same computer as the one I used yesterday. I even entered the City/State so the location would be the same. Kobo is charging me 2 different prices for the exact same ebook.

I'm seeing the same - price you pay depends on who you are, apparently (not just the country you are in). All the prices on the product page are showing significantly higher than on the search results page (and I'm logged in on both pages).

Fbone · 03-25-2012, 01:25 AM

Hunger Games:
Old account $10.09
New account $5.51

Iphinome · 03-25-2012, 02:11 AM

Bought, stripped, converted, loaded onto kindle (I have a kobo as well but I'm left handed so I use the kindle more often)

Thanks all.

Abtacha · 03-25-2012, 06:18 AM

Thanks!
Kobo Codes/Deals have a frightening tendency to get me to buy things I didn't plan to.
(I did want to read them sometime, just not right now

)

bathos · 03-25-2012, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Crusader

Kobo has a promo code where you get 85% off of the Hunger Games. The best deal is to get the complete Hunger Games Trilogy for $5.02 (normal price $33.49)

Enter promo code: HungerGamesDeal5 at checkout

Offer valid till 31 March 2012

Huge thanks. I managed to get each book for 54p in the UK. What a bargain!

It also gave me the incentive I needed to sort out my old epub files by adding a handy little zip to Calibre. I'd become very lazy and only buy from Amazon now.

Cheers!

koland · 03-25-2012, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Fbone

Hunger Games:
Old account $10.09
New account $5.51

Very odd (and not a great way to retain customers, if it becomes well known).

Oh well, I already had all three. Total cost: $23.55

Well worth it, also (and another family member is finally reading them, after resisting for two years - and loves the series).

JoeD · 03-25-2012, 10:06 AM

I caved in. Despite the long TBR list, it's just too good a bargin to turn down, even though it meant jumping through way too many hoops...

Sign up for account, click buy, enter payment details, download book, book doesn't download. Realise I don't have ADE installed, go to download ADE, find you need flash to install it (if there's a non flash installer I didn't notice it and was losing the will to live by this point), install flash, realise you need an adobe account, sign up for account, install ADE, authorise my computer, finally download ebooks. Remove flash plugin. What a pita.

Compare that to amazon, sign up at amazon, enter payment details, click buy. download book.

Only part that wasn't a pain was dropping it into calibre, freeing and syncing to the kindle

CRussel · 03-25-2012, 10:48 AM

@JoeD: Now see, if you'd been an Amazon Prime member, you'd have saved even more. They're in the Prime Lending Library.

soondai · 03-25-2012, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by CRussel

@JoeD: Now see, if you'd been an Amazon Prime member, you'd have saved even more. They're in the Prime Lending Library.

3 < 79 + 79

some day they are gonna suck me in, but they really need to bolster both their lending library and video collection before it happens.

03-25-2012, 10:06 AM	#73
JoeD Guru Posts: 895 Karma: 4383958 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: na	I caved in. Despite the long TBR list, it's just too good a bargin to turn down, even though it meant jumping through way too many hoops... Sign up for account, click buy, enter payment details, download book, book doesn't download. Realise I don't have ADE installed, go to download ADE, find you need flash to install it (if there's a non flash installer I didn't notice it and was losing the will to live by this point), install flash, realise you need an adobe account, sign up for account, install ADE, authorise my computer, finally download ebooks. Remove flash plugin. What a pita. Compare that to amazon, sign up at amazon, enter payment details, click buy. download book. Only part that wasn't a pain was dropping it into calibre, freeing and syncing to the kindle Last edited by JoeD; 03-25-2012 at 10:14 AM.

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03-24-2012, 08:41 AM	#61
JoeD Guru Posts: 895 Karma: 4383958 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: na	Must be a sign I've too many books to read when I turn such a good deal down for a set of books I wouldn't mind reading, all because I don't want the hassle of signing up for another book store and having to remove the drm/convert to kindle (as easy as it is). Hopefully they'll do a promo on the kindle store before too long, if they do I'll grab em then

03-24-2012, 09:12 AM	#62
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,749 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	You could buy the ePub, strip the DRM and then downconvert to Mobi.

03-24-2012, 04:23 PM	#66
ChupaLibro Julio Angel Ortiz Posts: 74 Karma: 506490 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle Fire	Nice, thanks! Just bought the first book yesterday off of Amazon for $5 but even still, grabbing the next 2 for $1 a piece is still big.

03-25-2012, 01:25 AM	#68
Fbone Is that a sandwich? Posts: 8,288 Karma: 101697116 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	Hunger Games: Old account $10.09 New account $5.51

03-25-2012, 02:11 AM	#69
Iphinome Paladin of Eris Posts: 3,119 Karma: 20849349 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: USAland Device: Kindle 10	Bought, stripped, converted, loaded onto kindle (I have a kobo as well but I'm left handed so I use the kindle more often) Thanks all.

03-25-2012, 06:18 AM	#70
Abtacha Addict Posts: 333 Karma: 6220000 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Germany Device: Kobo Aura HD	Thanks! Kobo Codes/Deals have a frightening tendency to get me to buy things I didn't plan to. (I did want to read them sometime, just not right now )

03-25-2012, 10:48 AM	#74
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,296 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	@JoeD: Now see, if you'd been an Amazon Prime member, you'd have saved even more. They're in the Prime Lending Library.