Aura HD Ouch! Kobo ebook prices!

[PeterT]

Doesn't seem to apply in Canada but see Understanding Kobo's Price Match Guarantee for a full description.

[Lynx-lynx]

I've been thinking through aspects of the T&C: The competitor's eBook must be identical to the one purchased from Kobo, including the same ISBN.

How does that work for ebooks purchased via Amazon when they use a different identification system?

However, I am aware from another thread that Amazon ebook price comparisons have been accepted as proof of lower pricing ......

[jgoguen]

Reading the details, I wonder how that would apply to Kindle books. Amazon publishes the list price and then the lower Kindle price, and sometimes also a much higher "elsewhere" price. Would Kobo only honour the highest listed price, even though the cheapest price is what's paid and it's not because of any of the verboten items they list?

[Lynx-lynx]

Originally Posted by jgoguen

Reading the details, I wonder how that would apply to Kindle books. Amazon publishes the list price and then the lower Kindle price, and sometimes also a much higher "elsewhere" price. Would Kobo only honour the highest listed price, even though the cheapest price is what's paid and it's not because of any of the verboten items they list?

Yes, my understanding from those who reported as having successfully used this promo (Discounts thread) have said that Kobo honoured the price match of the price that they would have been charged at the Amazon register so to speak.

[BrodieKobo]

Hi jgoguen -

Kobo will price match the selling price (termed "Kindle Price" on Amazon) of the Kindle eBook, plus credit an additional 10% of the selling price paid on Kobo. If you or someone else has used the price match we'd love to get your feedback and comments on your experience.

@PeterT - We haven't forgotten about Canada, so hold tight

[PurpleStar]

Originally Posted by BrodieKobo

Hi jgoguen -

Kobo will price match the selling price (termed "Kindle Price" on Amazon) of the Kindle eBook, plus credit an additional 10% of the selling price paid on Kobo. If you or someone else has used the price match we'd love to get your feedback and comments on your experience.

@PeterT - We haven't forgotten about Canada, so hold tight

This would be nice. I rather buy books from Kobo, but they're cheaper on Amazon sometimes.

[jgoguen]

Originally Posted by BrodieKobo

Hi jgoguen -

Kobo will price match the selling price (termed "Kindle Price" on Amazon) of the Kindle eBook, plus credit an additional 10% of the selling price paid on Kobo. If you or someone else has used the price match we'd love to get your feedback and comments on your experience.

@PeterT - We haven't forgotten about Canada, so hold tight

I actually had my Kobo Store account deleted a while back, agents were rather disrespectful to me when I asked about price matching when literally every book I'd bought in a long time was cheaper, by double-digit percentages (over 50% in a couple cases), at Amazon US compared to Kobo US. Price matching has never been a problem with Amazon, all they've cared is that it's the same author and title, and they'll sync my personal books and the reading location within the book. And they do library loans. I'm not setting up a new Kobo Store account just because of price matching, but if Kobo will ever implement Amazon-quality personal ePub syncing that uses the ACCESS renderer (not that god-awful RMSDK nonsense) let me know and I may consider it. That's my killer feature with Kindle, enough that I'll use it even though Kobo has better hardware, series metadata, and (as long as I use my calibre plugin to send KePub files and force the device to use the ACCESS renderer) better-looking rendered pages.

[ottdmk]

Originally Posted by BrodieKobo

@PeterT - We haven't forgotten about Canada, so hold tight

Happy to hear this. While Agency generally means that prices are universal across Canadian e-book retailers, there are exceptions.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx

I've been thinking through aspects of the T&C: The competitor's eBook must be identical to the one purchased from Kobo, including the same ISBN.

How does that work for ebooks purchased via Amazon when they use a different identification system?

However, I am aware from another thread that Amazon ebook price comparisons have been accepted as proof of lower pricing ......

Google Play Books is a good place to check prices.

[chrisridd]

The luzme.com site is still pretty good for comparing prices.