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Old 03-10-2023, 02:09 PM   #1051
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Old 03-10-2023, 02:41 PM   #1052
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Old 03-12-2023, 01:07 AM   #1053
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The price filter on the Kobo store.

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I have exactly $10 right now for spending on a book. However, with the bloody HST in effect, that's only something around 8.65. So of course if I select maximum of $10, most of the books (sorting by bestsellers) are 8.99-9.99.
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Old 03-12-2023, 03:22 AM   #1054
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The price filter on the Kobo store.

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I have exactly $10 right now for spending on a book. However, with the bloody HST in effect, that's only something around 8.65. So of course if I select maximum of $10, most of the books (sorting by bestsellers) are 8.99-9.99.
Just wanting to be helpful, without in any way devaluing your rant, you can edit the URL. Do the search with the $10 limit and then highlight the URL in your browser. The URL should include a parameter like:

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&fcmaxprice=10
It will accept decimals, so setting to

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&fcmaxprice=8.65
should work.

I've various bookmarks set up with this sort of adjustment.
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Old 03-12-2023, 08:33 AM   #1055
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Hey, that works!

I did see the price in the URL but got the vague impression that it wouldn't work. I was probably thinking of some other site.
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Old 03-16-2023, 03:57 AM   #1056
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[...]I've various bookmarks set up with this sort of adjustment.
So I wonder if Kobo are watching this thread. I have a collection of bookmarks with custom price selections and so on that are set up in a saved Vivaldi session. I open the session and voila! there is a tab with a bunch of child tabs showing books of possible interest to me. All the bookmarks filter to ebooks (not audio books) because I don't currently do audio.

One such bookmark is looking to see what John Grisham books have come on special:
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https://www.kobo.com/au/en/search?query=john+grisham&fcsearchfield=Author&fcmedia=Book&fcshowpointsprice=no&fcmaxprice=8&fcminprice=3
But today that is not working. It reverts to the default John Grisham page showing all his top priced ebooks and audio books.

However this one for T. Kingfisher (aka Ursula Vernon) works properly:
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https://www.kobo.com/au/en/search?query=t+kingfisher&fcsearchfield=Author&fcmedia=Book&fcshowpointsprice=no&fcmaxprice=8&fcminprice=1
Which is fine really, since lately I'm more likely to be in the mood for Kingfisher than Grisham, but still, the inconsistency is odd. Hopefully it's only temporary.
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Old 03-16-2023, 02:16 PM   #1057
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Old 03-17-2023, 01:20 PM   #1058
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Why did the Barnes & Noble website make me put in credit card information when trying to buy a free book?
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Old 03-17-2023, 01:22 PM   #1059
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Why did the Barnes & Noble website make me put in credit card information when trying to buy a free book?
I dunno, but I do remember that they do that.
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Old 03-17-2023, 01:23 PM   #1060
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I'd guess their system just treats any purchase as a sale, even when the total is $0.
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Old 03-17-2023, 02:01 PM   #1061
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I'd guess their system just treats any purchase as a sale, even when the total is $0.
That makes sense.

On a similar note Epic Games store gives away free games on a weekly basis. Doesn't request credit card information, but the emailed receipt afterwards is unchanged and thanks me for purchasing the game
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Old 03-17-2023, 03:08 PM   #1062
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Old 03-17-2023, 08:29 PM   #1063
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Didn't B&N use the CC as the key for DRM? Free can still have DRM, just like FREE is still covered by Copyright.
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Interesting overview...

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Old 03-18-2023, 09:32 PM   #1065
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