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Location: Melbourne Australia
Device: Kobo Glo, Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Voyage
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It's just that I remember it being advertised as preorder, with price guarantee. So it came out and the price was around $23, for a few days. Then it dropped significantly to $16. Anyone who preordered it is probably feeling ripped off too.
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Location: TN, USA
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Trying for calm & polite
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Location: Mostly in Canada
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Generally, it is the Publisher that does that price fiddling. I don't buy preorders either because of this.
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: UK here & there
Device: Ex-Kobo Touch-Nook Simple Touch-Kobo Mini-Retina Mini
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...In case anyone is interested there is a 30% Kobo weekend code
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Location: Australia
Device: Sony 650, Kobo Glo, H2O, Aura One, Forma, Libra 2, Libra Colour
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2 days left on BookRiot50 people .....
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Device: Aura, Aura H2O, Kindle PW3
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This is why I never pre-order anything that is digital. There's absolutely no incentive to do so. Anyways, you've learned your lesson and you'll be wiser in the future!
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Melbourne Australia
Device: Kobo Glo, Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Voyage
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I didn't preorder it, I bought it a few days after launch, with a discount code, but I feel for those who bought it at the full price at launch.
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Location: USA
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Location: Here on the perimeter, there are no stars
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I moved physical books 1 and 2 of a series up to the top of my stack, so I can see if I want to pick up the rest. Otherwise, I'm in much the same boat. I'm glad I loaded up on backlist stuff in September!
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Device: Nook
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Kobo needs to do coupon codes like that more often. I've easily spent maybe twice as much as I would have without the code, just because I got more for it.
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Location: Seattle, USA
Device: Kindle Colorsoft, Kobo Libra Colour
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I bought my last 50% off book today. The September code was good for all publishers and in 5 or 6 weeks I cleaned out my Amazon wish list and bought many more besides. I'm set for a year...or maybe just a few months at the rate I'm reading. Kobo certainly got the business of the voracious reading, bargain hunting crowd.
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Snoozing in the sun
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch
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Yes, I too plunged in and bought many more books on my wish list than I would have done otherwise. As if I didn't already have a big enough pile waiting to be read!
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Taiwan
Device: HP Touchpad, Sony Duo 13, Lumia 920, Kobo Aura HD
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Do they make any money on books sold 50% off? And this is not 50% off list, this is 50% off an already reduced price.
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