03-17-2023, 10:18 AM | #1 |
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Can you not preview free books?
On the Kobo store website, clicking the cover of a lot of books opens a free preview. However, this doesn't seem to be possible for free books.
Can anyone confirm? The Kobo site is being spotty for me (503 errors) so it's hard to check. |
03-17-2023, 10:25 AM | #2 |
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I'm getting 503 errors as well.
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03-17-2023, 10:34 AM | #3 |
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Dang! I was hoping it was just a localized problem. Though, IIRC, Massachusetts isn't too far from N.S. so maybe it sitll is.
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03-17-2023, 10:40 AM | #4 |
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Can't test, Kobo too intermittent here in Ireland right now. Sometimes loads after long delay, or at once or times out. Maybe Kobo suffering DDOS attack?
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03-20-2023, 06:47 AM | #5 |
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I can confirm that Kobo doesn’t do previews on free books, or at least not on the ones I’ve ever looked at. As a workaround, I tend to preview another book in the same series, but obviously that doesn’t work for standalone books (or even series where each book is written from a different character’s viewpoint/style/etc).
I wish they would let you preview free books, though, but I guess they figure you could just remove the book from your library if you didn’t want it. |
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