Kobo Discounts: Coupon Codes + Discussion

[Rev. Bob]

Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx

I'm curious, we're 5 days into the Contest ... anyone won anything greater than 45%?

I've gotten one 55% that I'm holding in reserve, hoping I get something better. If not, I have things I can use this on...

[Kiya]

I got 75% yesterday. Yay!

I am now deciding what to buy. There are several history books I want. Decisions, decisions ...

The rest of the codes I got are 30% and lower.

[katzsis]

Kobo is offering up to 70% off selected bestsellers, this weekend only

Discount is valid for up to 70% off select eBook purchases from this list. Offer valid from November 28, 2014 at 12:00 AM AEST through December 1, 2014 at 11:59 PM AEST. This offer is not valid in conjunction with any other offer or promotion and cannot be used to adjust amount paid on previous purchases. Discounts cannot be applied nor the discount value refunded once a purchase is complete. We reserve the right to change or end this offer at any time without notice.

may help somebody,
cheers Kat
http://store.kobobooks.com/List/save...Zkq9GTHm_Uaw1w

[zelda.owns.link]

Originally Posted by katzsis

Kobo is offering up to 70% off selected bestsellers, this weekend only

Discount is valid for up to 70% off select eBook purchases from this list. Offer valid from November 28, 2014 at 12:00 AM AEST through December 1, 2014 at 11:59 PM AEST. This offer is not valid in conjunction with any other offer or promotion and cannot be used to adjust amount paid on previous purchases. Discounts cannot be applied nor the discount value refunded once a purchase is complete. We reserve the right to change or end this offer at any time without notice.

may help somebody,
cheers Kat

Where's the link?

[BearMountainBooks]

Okay, let's see if I can do this link:

http://www.kobo.com/blackfridaysale?___store

I think that will work, but I'm not good at taking out the associate things and this goes to the US store. I think. I took the part out about the store because it looked like it might also have my ID in it. The best sellers deal ends Sunday I think.

They are also officially offering the Aura at 99 this weekend. It's the same link as above--you can see the little offer in the top panel. No coupon required that I can tell, it ends Monday.

[jimars]

I got a 75% this morning and a 65% yesterday.

[hwlester]

Just got a 55%. Most have been 10, 20 or 35%.

[Pierre Menard]

I was hoping those results above meant they were being more generous with the codes for black friday.

With three days to catch up on, I got 10, 20, and 25. Kobo does not love me.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Pierre Menard

I was hoping those results above meant they were being more generous with the codes for black friday.

No, it just means that MobileRead has lots of members entering the competition.

[Chapter One]

http://store.kobobooks.com/List/save...Zkq9GTHm_Uaw1w
I'm actually quite impressed at the books on this list. Usually there is never anything on the lists that appeals to me but there are quite a few titles here I already own or will buy.
It almost makes up for how ratshit the contest is

[artig]

There was actually one book on the list that sounded interesting, and found that on top of the price reduction the book was also couponable. Ended up buying two books from the list, using two of the discount codes from the first post in this thread.

[Blue2u]

Bah, what a crap contest. I've had nothing over 35%, neither has my family. Just means Amazon will be getting more of my money unless we get something really great from Kobo [75%+].

[BearMountainBooks]

I've had a couple of 45s. I'll wait for the end and see if I get a higher one...but those will work for me too.

[ATDrake]

Just got this in my email to my former Sony accounts:

save90bk for 90% off a selected list until Dec 12th, 1-time use valid in Canada, US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, & South Africa.

• US list which is mostly Harlequin & Sourcebooks romances, but has some Forgotten Realms tie-in novels and some Scholastic YA stuff and a couple of other genre things
• Canadian list with a much broader selection, including a lot of mysteries (cozy & thriller-type from Pan Macmillan & Kensington & Open Road), some Amish-looking Christian fiction from Barbour, some nice-looking historical non-fiction (I'll probably wind up getting the book on Canadian inventions or the Catherine of Aragon biography), etc.

Once again, these were sent to the accounts in which I'd never bought anything (and the email said Save 90% off your first ebook), so I tested a book that was only on the US list in my regular Canadian Kobo account and the discount applied just fine.

My personal recommendation out of the lot is Barbara Hambly's (ISFDB, Wikipedia) Dragonsbane, an excellent and entertaining high fantasy novel with engaging characters and well-thought-out worldbuilding and adventurous problem-solving and realpolitik intrigue, originally out from Del Rey in 1986, which placed 3rd on the Locus Award list for Best Fantasy Novel that year (and later, the French translation won the translator a prize) and also happens to be one of my personal favourites. This is technically the 1st in her Winterlands series, but the rest of it are sequels written much later and this one can be read perfectly well standalone (and it may be useful for the Gentle Reader to pretend that the sequels don't exist, since frankly they're not nearly as good and rather depressing, although they do have some interesting ideas and you find out what happens next to the characters; and I say this as someone who did enjoy reading the interesting ideas and character catch-up).

However, it's out from Open Road Media and in Canada & the US, at least, they have a habit of periodically offering their stuff for $0.99-$2.99 as daily/monthly sales, so if you're not outside North America, you may want to wait for this one's turn and use the 90% off on a less-likely-to-be-future-deep-discounted title.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Blue2u

Bah, what a crap contest. I've had nothing over 35%, neither has my family. Just means Amazon will be getting more of my money unless we get something really great from Kobo [75%+].

Nah... Don't buy from Amazon. Buy from Google Play. Google is either the same or cheaper then Amazon.