Kobo 50% off voucher till 30 Sept

[llcj]

Originally Posted by Difflugia

That's correct. I don't actually use the Kobo software, so I normally use the preview button as a sort of poor man's wishlist. When I want to get an actual preview, I try to find the book at Barnes & Noble, where previews can be downloaded as DRM-Free epubs.

I pretty much do the same thing except I usually just read the preview online at Amazon.

[Crusader]

Originally Posted by l_macd

Yes the saving isn't quite as much as 50% but I'd still have bought the two books I was planning on buying, if only they'd been eligible for the discount (both £4.49 from Kobo, but they are £3.56 & £3.38 on Amazon).

Speaking of which, there are two versions of one of the books on Kobo (Jo Nesbo - The Bat). One translated by Don Bartlett who has done the other Hole books. The other one is slightly cheaper (and is eligible for the discount) but it's been translated by a different person, who is also listed as the publisher. Is that someone doing it unofficially?

I actually spotted two of the suspicious looking ebooks. One of them was The Bat and the other was Neuromancer. Both showed Tom David as author and publisher and the ISBN numbers start with 123. I alerted Kobo to this via Twitter and the books have since been removed. My guess is that these are pirated copies being sold somehow.

I see WHSmith still seem to sell them.

[samhy]

Originally Posted by l_macd

Yes the saving isn't quite as much as 50% but I'd still have bought the two books I was planning on buying, if only they'd been eligible for the discount (both £4.49 from Kobo, but they are £3.56 & £3.38 on Amazon).

Speaking of which, there are two versions of one of the books on Kobo (Jo Nesbo - The Bat). One translated by Don Bartlett who has done the other Hole books. The other one is slightly cheaper (and is eligible for the discount) but it's been translated by a different person, who is also listed as the publisher. Is that someone doing it unofficially?

Originally Posted by Crusader

I actually spotted two of the suspicious looking ebooks. One of them was The Bat and the other was Neuromancer. Both showed Tom David as author and publisher and the ISBN numbers start with 123. I alerted Kobo to this via Twitter and the books have since been removed. My guess is that these are pirated copies being sold somehow.

You got me worried, I just bought The Bat on Wednesday using the coupon. I have to check that closely. So if the translator is Don Bartlett I should be fine, right?
I selected the one with the same cover design as the ones I bought earlier this year, so that should be ok.

Edit: I checked, Don Bartlett is the translator. *relief*

[cortman]

I've already used this coupon a couple times, finally picked up a copy of The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien, and Inferno by Dan Brown. Not to mention a couple Delphic classics as well.

[Lynx-lynx]

Originally Posted by cortman

I've already used this coupon a couple times, finally picked up a copy of The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien, and Inferno by Dan Brown. Not to mention a couple Delphic classics as well.

What Delphic classics did you buy?

[Crusader]

Originally Posted by samhy

You got me worried, I just bought The Bat on Wednesday using the coupon. I have to check that closely. So if the translator is Don Bartlett I should be fine, right?
I selected the one with the same cover design as the ones I bought earlier this year, so that should be ok.

Edit: I checked, Don Bartlett is the translator. *relief*

I think you should be fine if the ebook listing doesn't have TOM DAVID listed as author or publisher like this one.

I'm not sure what exactly is going on with them. To me it seems very fishy.

[cortman]

Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx

What Delphic classics did you buy?

I got the complete works of O. Henry and of Oscar Wilde.

[Apache]

I just picked up The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan by Yosushi Inoue for 50% off. It was to good to pass up.
Apache

[Katsunami]

Originally Posted by Apache

I just picked up The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan by Yosushi Inoue for 50% off. It was to good to pass up.
Apache

Got this as well.

I also got The Master of Go, by Kawabata. As a (casual) Go player, I always wanted to read that book. All on a US account... publishers (and therefore, stores) could sell so much more if they would drop the fracking geo-restrictions.

[GeoffR]

I've been very restrained with this promo code, I made a priority list of six books that I just had to buy, and I've only bought eight of them so far :-)

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by GeoffR

I've been very restrained with this promo code, I made a priority list of six books that I just had to buy, and I've only bought eight of them so far :-)

I have had to reread your statement. Good restrain and better mathematics

[cortman]

Originally Posted by Katsunami

Got this as well.

I also got The Master of Go, by Kawabata. As a (casual) Go player, I always wanted to read that book. All on a US account... publishers (and therefore, stores) could sell so much more if they would drop the fracking geo-restrictions.

I read somewhere else that you're also a chess player. I'm hoping to improve my game. Any recommendations on books on the subject I could use this voucher for? I'm pretty much a beginner- I know basic, basic strategy and tactics, but not much more.

[hwlester]

Originally Posted by GeoffR

I've been very restrained with this promo code, I made a priority list of six books that I just had to buy, and I've only bought eight of them so far :-)

There's something VERY wrong with that statement, but I can't put my finger on it...

I actually have been restrained with it... I had purchased Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake using a 35% off coupon from the last contest, so I used the 50% coupon to pick up the remaining three books in the series Gormenghast, Titus Alone, and Titus Awakes now that I am able to use coupon codes on them. I'm still working on reading the first one, but I have them all now. I also picked up Doctor Who: The Beast of Babylon when it was released a couple of days ago. I'm holding off until the 29th and 30th when I get paid and then I'll see what kind of damage I can do...

[Katsunami]

Originally Posted by cortman

I read somewhere else that you're also a chess player. I'm hoping to improve my game. Any recommendations on books on the subject I could use this voucher for? I'm pretty much a beginner- I know basic, basic strategy and tactics, but not much more.

If you had asked me this question 15 years ago, I could have helped you with it, but nowadays, I'm only a casual chess player.

If you can find it in your language, or English, anything written by Max Euwe is good, but a lot of his stuff is now out of print (edit: apart from Dutch). He mainly wrote for beginners up to higher intermediate/low advanced level.

Someone who is both hailed and derided as a chess writer/teacher is Jeremy Silman. I have two books of his, and they were fine enough, if you like the "I always try to be funny" writing style.

One of the most used methods to learn chess is the Steps Method, by Bruna and Van Wijgerden, but it does start at the very beginnig. At step 6, the last one, it gets pretty advanced. If you can easily solve the problems in that step, you're a strong club player.

Ow, and this coupon is evil. I bought for at least a year's worth of fantasy reading...

[cortman]

Originally Posted by Katsunami

If you had asked me this question 15 years ago, I could have helped you with it, but nowadays, I'm only a casual chess player.

If you can find it in your language, or English, anything written my Max Euwe is good, but a lot of his stuff is now out of print. He mainly wrote for beginners up to higher intermediate/low advanced level.

Someone who is both hailed and derided as a chess writer/teacher is Jeremy Silman. I have two books of his, and they were fine enough, if you like the "I always try to be funny" writing style.

One of the most used methods to learn chess is the Steps Method, by Bruna and Van Wijgerden, but it does start at the very beginnig. At step 6, the last one, it gets pretty advanced. If you can easily solve the problems in that step, you're a strong club player.

Ow, and this coupon is evil. I bought for at least a year's worth of fantasy reading...

Hey, thanks a lot! I'll check it out.
I see more use for the coupon...