Kobo Discounts: Coupon Codes + Discussion

[DrNefario]

Hmm. "Bought" Some of the Best from Tor.com 2014 yesterday, the free, DRM-free collection of stories from the website, and I just get an error when I try to download it. This is the UK site.

It's a good thing I already have the kindle version. I just fancied an epub.

[BearMountainBooks]

Originally Posted by leitz

I was not able to travel to a number of countries to take advantage of some savings. That was in January 2015. People here seems to confirm Kobo has put a stop to traveling.

How do you price match the Google eBooks? Do you email them and provide a link? Is it any stores or just limited to Amazon? I noticed the eBooks from booksamillion.com are slightly cheaper than Amazon.

Google play is a place to check--they do the discounting and it's there some days and not others and sometimes select books. There are good bargains to be had, but it's just one of those things where they tend to match Amazon and B&N discounts and sometimes do their own. I think you said you aren't interested in any indie books, but those are discounted most of the time because we don't restrict the retailers (we can in some cases, but most of us usually don't).

SCRIBD is a subscription service. They often run trials for 1 to 3 months. It can be useful if you have two or three books you want to read, but are too expensive right now. You can use the trial, read the books and then buy them later. In case you wondered, the author and publisher do get paid even if you use the trial subscription. There's a thread around here where I posted a code for a 3 month trial for NEW members only. If anyone wants that code I can find the post. I do not know if it is still working, but it was a few days ago. You need a tablet for best performance. SCRIBD doesn't work on e-ink Kindles.

[bgalbrecht]

Originally Posted by leitz

I was not able to travel to a number of countries to take advantage of some savings. That was in January 2015. People here seems to confirm Kobo has put a stop to traveling.

I have not had any problems traveling to Canada or the UK in order to add free books to my library, but I don't think I've tried to buy anything lately.

[jgoguen]

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[issybird]

Originally Posted by jgoguen

Discounts expire today sometime:

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Despite what it says in the rules, the codes are generally good for a week after the contest ends.

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[peachiekene]

Originally Posted by leitz

I was not able to travel to a number of countries to take advantage of some savings. That was in January 2015. People here seems to confirm Kobo has put a stop to traveling.

How do you price match the Google eBooks? Do you email them and provide a link? Is it any stores or just limited to Amazon? I noticed the eBooks from booksamillion.com are slightly cheaper than Amazon.

I just tested out a quick trip to Canada to grab a free book not available in the US and it worked. Free book is in my library and I was still able to download it after coming back to the US.
Granted, I only ever travel to Canada and the UK - that may be part of it, I don't know.

For price matching, I've never sent them anything. I just noticed that usually within a 24 hour period Google will drop the price of books to match amazon.

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[Chapter One]

Its generally a waste of time looking to buy from New Zealand. We pay far more for books here, both ebooks and treebooks, than most other countries, something that has always annoyed me greatly.
Treebooks, I can just about accept paying more for, given the extra cost of getting books all the way to us (although that has never quite covered locally published books) but I have never yet heard a satisfactory explanation as to why we pay up to twice as much, and even more sometimes, for ebooks.
You usually need a 50% or higher code to bring the cost of an ebook in NZ down to similar to a full priced copy from the US. If the book is even coupon eligible.
Thank God for traveling, I say!

[leitz]

Originally Posted by Fbone

Be aware Paypal adds a hefty foreign conversion fee.

Thanks for the heads up!

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[leitz]

Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

Google play is a place to check--they do the discounting and it's there some days and not others and sometimes select books. There are good bargains to be had, but it's just one of those things where they tend to match Amazon and B&N discounts and sometimes do their own. I think you said you aren't interested in any indie books, but those are discounted most of the time because we don't restrict the retailers (we can in some cases, but most of us usually don't).

SCRIBD is a subscription service. They often run trials for 1 to 3 months. It can be useful if you have two or three books you want to read, but are too expensive right now. You can use the trial, read the books and then buy them later. In case you wondered, the author and publisher do get paid even if you use the trial subscription. There's a thread around here where I posted a code for a 3 month trial for NEW members only. If anyone wants that code I can find the post. I do not know if it is still working, but it was a few days ago. You need a tablet for best performance. SCRIBD doesn't work on e-ink Kindles.

I read what the bookstores would put on their shelves. Besides the big 6, I read books from WW Norton, Bloomsbury, Nation etc. These are publishers that I could use a coupon code in Canada. But a lot of books that bookstores put on their shelves are from the big 6 and the coupon codes does not work.

I checked out Google Play for a book on my buy list:

My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
Ari Shavit
Google Play USD$16.99

It looks like Google Play pricing is close or less to what Kobo or Amazon is offering. Maybe worth using Google Play.

[leitz]

Originally Posted by bgalbrecht

I have not had any problems traveling to Canada or the UK in order to add free books to my library, but I don't think I've tried to buy anything lately.

My original question was not clear. I cannot use coupon codes (both non-contest and contest codes) in Canada to buy books from the big 6. So I traveled to India etc and was able to use coupon codes to buy books from the big 6 in India etc previously. Now, it looks like Kobo no longer allows coupon codes to be used in India etc. I was told non-contest coupon codes works on the big 6 in New Zealand but the books in New Zealand are more expensive than those in CA or US.

[leitz]

Originally Posted by peachiekene

I just tested out a quick trip to Canada to grab a free book not available in the US and it worked. Free book is in my library and I was still able to download it after coming back to the US.
Granted, I only ever travel to Canada and the UK - that may be part of it, I don't know.

For price matching, I've never sent them anything. I just noticed that usually within a 24 hour period Google will drop the price of books to match amazon.

I mentioned in other posts that my original question was not clear. Here is my situation. I cannot use coupon codes (both non-contest and contest codes) in Canada to buy books from the big 6. So I traveled to India etc and was able to use coupon codes to buy books from the big 6 in India etc previously. Now, it looks like Kobo no longer allows coupon codes to be used in India etc.

It sounds like you are in US. If I am in US, I will buy from booksamillion.com because I noticed their eBooks are discounted or are cheaper than those from Amazon.com.

[Geralt]

Originally Posted by Chapter One

Its generally a waste of time looking to buy from New Zealand. We pay far more for books here, both ebooks and treebooks, than most other countries, something that has always annoyed me greatly.
Treebooks, I can just about accept paying more for, given the extra cost of getting books all the way to us (although that has never quite covered locally published books) but I have never yet heard a satisfactory explanation as to why we pay up to twice as much, and even more sometimes, for ebooks.
You usually need a 50% or higher code to bring the cost of an ebook in NZ down to similar to a full priced copy from the US. If the book is even coupon eligible.
Thank God for traveling, I say!

For treebooks as you call them you can use bookdepository.com
Free worldwide delivery and only slightly higher prices than Amazon. In fact they are amazon owned but UK based.
I buy from them all the time. I get my books in about 5-7 workdays. It might take a bit longer since you're in NZ and I'm in Europe, but I still got my treebooks in reasonable time even when I was in Japan.
They sell mainly UK editions (which I prefer anyway, because covers), but they have some US ones too.