Kobo Discounts: Coupon Codes + Discussion

[Cactus Chef]

Originally Posted by Aleron Ives

I'm not sure it qualifies as enshittification. If a company has to pay you to shop there, it smacks of desperation, as if the company might go under at any minute. A stable company sells its wares at a fair price and doesn't need to offer crazy deals to get your business, and I want Kobo to be a stable company, so it can continue to offer an alternative to Amazon.

Me buying 95% of my books from Kobo only when they're on sale:

[Aleron Ives]

I only buy books on sale as well, but I've still given Kobo hundreds of dollars over the years, and I don't expect Rakuten to pay me for doing so. Would it be nice? Sure, but I don't need it. The deals are already excellent as they are.

[sufue]

For what it's worth, there is again a Rakuten credit card, a few years after they discontinued the old Visa one. This time it's an "American Express", but issued by Imprint Bank, which seems to be one of those digital-only, store-brand issuers that get a rap (deserved or not) for being really hard to deal with, and mostly interested in making as much as they can off late fees and interest on balances. It offers 4% back at Rakuten stores, including Kobo.

I'm debating whether to get the card. I'm quite good at not being late and not carrying a balance . But I had such an awful time several years ago with a Sony card from Synchrony Bank, another store-brand issuer, that I'm not sure it's worth it to get 4%. OTOH, I do buy a lot of e-books from Kobo, and it's good at some other stores too.

Hmmmmm....

[ownedbycats]

Discount code BOXSET for 20% off. Ends October 20th.

Canada | U.S. | U.K.

[winsomnia]

It's back again. (Canada)
A spooktacular eGift deal: Give $70, get $10 back ��
Ends October 24th.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by winsomnia

It's back again. (Canada)
A spooktacular eGift deal: Give $70, get $10 back ��
Ends October 24th.

Also at Kobo UK: Buy £70 eGift card, get a £10 eGift card free. Limit 1 per customer. Offer ends 24th October.

https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/p/giftcards

[Quoth]

Can the buyer of the gift card use it on their own account or do you need two accounts?

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by Quoth

Can the buyer of the gift card use it on their own account or do you need two accounts?

Same account.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by Quoth

Can the buyer of the gift card use it on their own account or do you need two accounts?

As ownedbycats says, you can just use your account email address for both sender and recipient. It's what I've done for all the times I've taken up this offer this year.

(I still have £70 credit at Kobo, so I won't be taking up the offer this time.)

[ownedbycats]

VIP discount code: OCTVIP40

Canada | U.K. | U.S.

[ownedbycats]

I got a newsletter with an "exclusive" 25% off select books code. I assume it's unique for each user so not sharing. Here's the books:

https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/p/promo-redeem

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I got a newsletter with an "exclusive" 25% off select books code. I assume it's unique for each user so not sharing. Here's the books:

https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/p/promo-redeem

It works on any book eligible for promo codes. I look through wishlist, got one that was on there few years. No way to tell from book page, but click on author name from book page, filter search, if it's eligible it shows up.

Code one-time only sadly.