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05-14-2017, 03:46 PM | #16187 | |
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05-16-2017, 06:43 AM | #16188 |
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Yet again Kobo have sent me a promo code that doesn't work. As it was 90% I thought i'd contact customer care. They confirmed it doesn't work as they couldn't verify it but are unable to replace it. Its not exactly they way to win customers is it!
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05-16-2017, 08:44 AM | #16189 |
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Something new: It seems super points can now be used to purchase Hachette and HarperCollins Random House / Penguin books in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
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05-18-2017, 01:26 PM | #16190 | |
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I'm surprised Kobo isn't running afoul of any consumer protection laws. Kinda sounds like bait and switch. |
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05-20-2017, 07:37 PM | #16191 |
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Kobo Canada is holding their Victoria Day long weekend sale through May 22nd, with titles priced at $4.99 CAD or less (mostly in the $3-$4 range) from a mix of major and minor publishers. As usual, some books are regular publisher discounts offered at all the usual stores, but others (especially from the smaller presses) are special price-drops exclusively for the duration of the Kobo promo.
Main page, with categories: Literary Fiction, Romance, Fiction, Historical Fiction (some extra mysteries filed here), Mystery & Suspense (a lot of things whose blurbs say they were Arthur Ellis or Edgar Award finalists or winners), Contemporary Fiction, Cozy Mysteries (mostly Kensington series, from the looks of it), Science Fiction & Fantasy, Biography & Memoir, Kids & Teens, Food & Drinks, Non-Fiction (more food & drink & biography is filed under this section as well) Highlights of the sale: a number of architecture/design books from Princeton Architectural Press (a division of Chronicle Books, apparently), some interesting-looking Australia/New Zealand interest historical and current events non-fiction titles from assorted antipodean publishers, a biography of monk Gregor Mendel whose work on inheritance formed the basis of what we know about genetics, a biography of Jane Austen from HarperCollins, an anthology of Canadian superhero stories edited by an Aurora Award finalist, IIRC, an award-winning collection of essays on race and racial identity in the US, retro-historical memoirs by a former Soviet arms designer and the wife of politically active Polish pianist and composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski (Wikipedia), most of Arthur Ellis & Barry Award-finalist Canadian author Ian Hamilton's (SYKM) enjoyable Ava Lee investigative (mostly non-murder) mystery adventure series starring a Chinese-Canadian lapsed Catholic lesbian forensic accountant, and also, the assorted works of Cecile Pineda (Wikipedia) and other Latin American literary authors from Wings Press. I especially recommend Pineda's The Love Queen of the Amazon, which is an enjoyable comedic quasi-historical novel which spoofs magical realism tropes and which Wikipedia says was named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times. I've had this in an old hardcover I picked up off the remainder sale table a long time ago and really liked it, enough that I did a blind-buy of Pineda's other e-printed works (several also on sale as part of this promotion, but I haven't read them yet) when they dropped during some Kindle sale a few years ago. Last edited by ATDrake; 05-20-2017 at 07:43 PM. |
05-21-2017, 03:51 PM | #16192 |
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Any working codes?
Looking to buy an eBook but none of the promo codes I've tried have worked. Anybody have any newer codes???
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05-21-2017, 11:56 PM | #16193 |
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05-22-2017, 04:49 AM | #16194 | |
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When and why do some people get promo codes ?
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I am wondering how people get coupons sent to them. I own a Kobo reader and I buy books from Kobo. But I got a coupon only once, after they had sold me a defective product (which they also reimbursed). On what occasions do people get the promo codes usually? |
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05-22-2017, 05:44 AM | #16195 | |
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I've never received anything as big as 90%, but then the ones I have received have always worked. Edit: I guess you do need to have the "Yes please" box ticked under "Get info on the latest eBooks, offers, and app updates" in your account settings too. Last edited by GeoffR; 05-22-2017 at 05:57 AM. Reason: "Yes please" box ticked |
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05-22-2017, 08:07 AM | #16196 |
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I get the promo emails, but I've never gotten a code.
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05-22-2017, 11:16 AM | #16197 |
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I get emails often for coupons for select titles but usually cannot find any books to use with. Got an email today for 35% off on select titles. Couldn't believe I actually found a book I was able to use the coupon.
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05-22-2017, 11:26 AM | #16198 |
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Same here - I get the promo codes & sales emails, but in 6 years of buying/having a Kobo account, have never once been sent a coupon code (other than the contests they use to have - wish they'd bring those back!).
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05-22-2017, 11:59 AM | #16199 |
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Gotta get those codes! ;)
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05-22-2017, 12:02 PM | #16200 |
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