Kobo Discounts: Coupon Codes + Discussion

[sufue]

Originally Posted by davidfor

After doing a search that brings back a list, down the left side are some filters. That includes minimum and maximum prices but, with a limited set of options.

Using these, the URLs have "fcmaxprice" and "fcminprice" as the options needed. So:

&fcmaxprice=40&fcminprice=10

Limits the price between 10 and 40 dollars.

Awesome, thank you so much!

Originally Posted by davidfor

But, the most expensive book is historical fiction and is a little bit more expensive. It is https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/convict-girl and only costs:

Spoiler:

$16,112,967.19!

No one has rated it yet, so I don't know how good it is.

[murg]

Originally Posted by davidfor

As an example, the second most expensive book is https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eb...n-chemistry-ii at $8,648.09. But, the most expensive book is historical fiction and is a little bit more expensive. It is https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/convict-girl and only costs:

Spoiler:

$16,112,967.19!

No one has rated it yet, so I don't know how good it is.

Isn't the .09 and .19 a bit of overkill?

Not to mention that Convict Girl is published by Scholastic Australia, which means it is aimed at school kids.

[Cyberman tM]

Anyone want to experiment with a probably outdated page/code?
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/li...fkad_-PSqjxOMQ
It talks about a code, but I'm not sure if it still works - found the page by accident via google, so maybe they simply didn't take it down?

[Hemmi]

Originally Posted by Cyberman tM

Anyone want to experiment with a probably outdated page/code?
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/li...fkad_-PSqjxOMQ
It talks about a code, but I'm not sure if it still works - found the page by accident via google, so maybe they simply didn't take it down?

Most of those books aren't eligible for coupon codes anyway. The coupon code dosen't work on those or on the few that are eligible for coupon codes.

[datcha]

Originally Posted by Billingsgate

I've just had a 45-minute chat with Kobo customer service, after applying a valid 20 percent coupon and being unable to complete the purchase. The person was extremely helpful. He/she clarified once and for all that no coupons of any kind for any reason will ever work for a Hong Kong customer.

He also promised to convey my message that Kobo has lost me forever as a customer. No, I am uninterested in changing my address for my Kobo account. Prefer to not buy from them anymore, that's all.

Do you mean that Kobo customer service suggested that you would get the rebate according to coupon if you simply change your address to whatever (false) address is in the right coutry for rebates?

Or is it simply the case that people do that and no one cares?

[ProwlingBoy]

Multiple use 50% off code in the UK OPEN50. On the Kobo home page the link opens a list of titles but I tried the code on a non-listed but promo-eligible book and it worked for that too.

[ProwlingBoy]

Conditions say: "Offer valid from August 30th, 2016 at 12:00 AM BST through September 2nd, 2016 at 11:59 PM BST. "

[pdurrant]

OPEN50 Added. Thanks!

[Witty Username]

Originally Posted by davidfor

But, the most expensive book is historical fiction and is a little bit more expensive. It is https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/convict-girl and only costs:

Spoiler:

$16,112,967.19!

No one has rated it yet, so I don't know how good it is.

How disappointing - it's not available to UK customers. I'll have to find something else to use the 50% coupon on.

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by ProwlingBoy

Multiple use 50% off code in the UK OPEN50. On the Kobo home page the link opens a list of titles but I tried the code on a non-listed but promo-eligible book and it worked for that too.

Thanks for this. I've cleared a few off my wish list today and none of those were among the selected titles

[AnemicOak]

50% off

50READ USA and Canada - elsewhere?

It would appear that this code is no longer active (at least in the US).

[ATDrake]

The final "Summer Reading Event" weekend promotion has shown up for Kobo Canada, and it's for a selection of hundreds of titles discounted to $4.99 or less through September 5th, and the front page banner also says something about 10x bonus points on bestselling titles, though I'm not seeing what those are yet.

Currently the prices are in transition, so not everything is marked down yet, but there are selections starting from just 99 cents, significant markdowns on the ones which have made it to $4.99 or less (especially for some of the independent Canadian small press literary fiction, which normally go for upwards of $10 CAD), and many are eligible for the extra VIP 10% bonus discount as well. The selection is mainly from established independent small presses, but there are some major publisher imprints in here, and a few indies as well.

There's some good stuff in it, with cozy mystery titles by Charlaine Harris (better known for her Sookie Stackhouse series of vampire mysteries which were the basis for HBO's True Blood TV adaptation), Hugo Award nominee Aliette de Bodard (some of her fantasy Aztec books filed under mystery rather than fantasy), popular historical novelist Bernard Cornwell (of Sharpe series fame), an Alan Turing graphic novel biography by G. T. Lab's Jim Ottaviani (highly recommended, I have most of the other G. T. Labs science history books and they are well-research and excellent), some interesting-looking historical and science/nature stuff in the non-fiction sections, and more.

Main promo page, with categories: Fabulous Fiction (there's a bunch of horror and romance filed here instead of in the obvious genre categories, and some Neil Gaiman and Neal Stephenson sfnal titles), Can't-Put-Down Mysteries & Thrillers, Sizzling Hot Romance, Homegrown: Independently Published Canadian Fiction (a lot of local literary prize nominees in here, and some other-genre novels as well), Otherworldly Science Fiction & Fantasy, Young at Heart: Fantastic YA & Children's Literature, Gorgeous Graphic Novels, Fascinating Biographies & Memoirs, Must-read Nonfiction, Crafts, Hobbies, & Home Reading, Inspiration & Self-help

[Fbone]

From an email:

50% off until Sept 10th -- NXT50READ
50% off until Sept 6th -- GRT50BOOKS
50% off until Sept 6th -- Grt50dis

75% off until Sept 15th -- dis75last
75% off until Sept 15th -- OPEN75UP

"Offer valid only in Canada, United States, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, South Africa and Ireland."

[jimars]

Originally Posted by Fbone

From an email:

50% off until Sept 10th -- NXT50READ
50% off until Sept 6th -- GRT50BOOKS
50% off until Sept 6th -- Grt50dis

75% off until Sept 15th -- dis75last
75% off until Sept 15th -- OPEN75UP

"Offer valid only in Canada, United States, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, South Africa and Ireland."

NXT50READ and GRT50BOOKS worked for me but none of the others.

[ekbell]

Originally Posted by jimars

NXT50READ and GRT50BOOKS worked for me but none of the others.

It was the same for me although I had already used the OPEN75UP
code successfully on a previous occasion.