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Old 02-13-2014, 08:23 AM   #5716
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Jaden, Is Germany one of the countries where Amazon circumvents VAT and Kobo does not?
I can't say for sure. I know they do with books for the German market but they are agency priced so they would cost the same no matter if I buy from Kobo or Amazon - I just rarely buy German books.

But I guess that Amazon does the same for all of the ebooks they sell.
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Old 02-13-2014, 08:32 AM   #5717
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That's for sure - but with low coupons lots of books are still cheaper to get from Amazon without a discount than from Kobo with discount.
This. For example Love & War by James Carville and Mary Matalin is $10.99 on Amazon and $14.99 on Kobo (US store prices). With a good discount coupon, I would have gone on a trip and purchased it from Kobo for the same or lower price than Amazon's price. As it is, Amazon got the sale.

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This. For example Love & War by James Carville and Mary Matalin is $10.99 on Amazon and $14.99 on Kobo (US store prices). With a good discount coupon, I would have gone on a trip and purchased it from Kobo for the same or lower price than Amazon's price. As it is, Amazon got the sale.
And in Canada, it's 15.99 at both Amazon and Kobo. That's the .ca version of Amazon. When I look at the .com version the book is $17.00

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Jaden, Is Germany one of the countries where Amazon circumvents VAT and Kobo does not? I've actually been somewhat surprised that in Canada, Kobo, Amazon, Google Play are almost always within a dollar or so of each other. "Vacationing" outside of Canada for book buying purposes looks very appealing
I don't think it happens in Europe.
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And in Canada, it's 15.99 at both Amazon and Kobo. That's the .ca version of Amazon. When I look at the .com version the book is $17.00
http://www.amazon.com/Love-War-Delux...2302469&sr=1-1

Both regular and "deluxe" versions are $10.99 on Amazon.com (US account).

Kobo prices: $14.99 regular, $16.99 deluxe (US account).

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Old 02-13-2014, 09:45 AM   #5721
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Okay, I just compared prices in my country (Germany) with each other, not India or some such where I do not live. I wasn't being very clear there, I must damit.
The books I compared are on kobo Germany with codes 50% or more are much cheaper than Amazon Germany.

Just comparing English books of corse.
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Old 02-13-2014, 03:48 PM   #5722
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Kobo and Amazon Aus are often reasonably closely priced, but Kobo can be dearer across different ranges of books.

But - and this is the big difference for me - with Kobo I can choose which country to shop in without using a VPN unlike Amazon.

Kobo's discount codes are excellent and the main reason why I now have an elibrary of bought books (not just free books eg freebies + Gutenberg).

There's one 50% code and other codes on offer this month so far, and I trip over Kobo free ebooks when I'm checking out other books - so there's nothing to moan about from my perspective.

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There's one 50% code and other codes on offer this month so far, and I trip over Kobo free ebooks when I'm checking out other books - so there's nothing to moan about from my perspective.
I agree. And there is bound to be another quiz soon.
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Old 02-14-2014, 02:00 AM   #5725
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Kobo Aus has an up to 70% off sale going until 17 Feb.

Here's the link

This is not an email offer, but is on the Home page of the web site. So couldn't find the Fine Print Info.
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Old 02-14-2014, 02:08 AM   #5726
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Here's the link
The Farmer's Wife is "on sale" for $17.29! How much was it before, I wonder?
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The books I compared are on kobo Germany with codes 50% or more are much cheaper than Amazon Germany.

Just comparing English books of corse.
I do not consider 50% off as a "lower code".

But I have seen books around 11 Euro on Amazon and 19 on the Kobo site. With 30% or 35% off Amazon is still much cheaper. (I'm not saying always...)

50% off is a different matter altogether.
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$17.30?
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Here's the link

This is not an email offer, but is on the Home page of the web site. So couldn't find the Fine Print Info.
I got an email about it from Kobo Canada. link
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