Cyber Monday Sales

[tubemonkey]

Cyber Monday sales are now beginning and should last for the next several days. Check individual stores for details.

Tablets

• Acer Iconia 10" -- Best Buy ($230) - sold out

eReaders

• Kobo Touch ($130) -- Best Buy ($100)

MP3 Players (for audiobooks)

• Apple iPod touch 8GB ($199) -- Amazon ($185) / Best Buy ($185)
  
• Samsung Galaxy Player 4" ($230) -- Amazon ($189) / Best Buy ($190)
  
• Samsung Galaxy Player 5" ($270) -- Amazon ($229) / Best Buy ($230)

Accessories

• Free $10 eGift Card (w/ Store Pickup Orders of $100 or more) -- Best Buy

[Fbone]

Overstock.com has a refurbished Nook Simple Touch for $69 with free shipping.

Ebates 4% for Cyber Monday on Overstock.

[tubemonkey]

I just don't understand the point of Cyber Monday. CM specials are generally worse than BF specials.

Take that refurb $69 Nook Touch. For the same price during BF, you could get a brand new one.

[Andanzas]

Amazon has around 900 ebooks discounted for Cyber Monday. I am not going to copy a link just in case there is a referral tag somewhere in there, but the sale is easy to find: just go to the Kindle store.

[twobits]

MP3 Players (for audiobooks)
[*]Samsung Galaxy Player 4" ($230) -- Amazon ($189) / Best Buy ($190)


I picked up one of these. I think they have it very mispositioned as an mp3 player only. It is basically a cell phone without the cell phone radio. So it can run most android apps and also works just fine as a wifi VoIP phone. So it is really a pda, pocket pc like device that can also double as a phone when you are in range of wifi. I set it up with csipsimple and it works well. However, due to the fact samsung thinks of it as an mp3 player (oh, it also plays a lot more formats the just mp3), the stripped out the dialer component of the OS so the contact list integration is not present with csipsimple. I had to switch to a paid app for now to get this. Cant wait for a custom rom to appear of Samsung to realize they should not strip out the dialer just because it does not have a cell radio. This is a neat device that I think will not sell as well as it should because Samsung marketing has it position all wrong.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by twobits

MP3 Players (for audiobooks)[*]Samsung Galaxy Player 4" ($230) -- Amazon ($189) / Best Buy ($190)

I picked up one of these. I think they have it very mispositioned as an mp3 player only. It is basically a cell phone without the cell phone radio. So it can run most android apps and also works just fine as a wifi VoIP phone. So it is really a pda, pocket pc like device that can also double as a phone when you are in range of wifi. I set it up with csipsimple and it works well. However, due to the fact samsung thinks of it as an mp3 player (oh, it also plays a lot more formats the just mp3), the stripped out the dialer component of the OS so the contact list integration is not present with csipsimple. I had to switch to a paid app for now to get this. Cant wait for a custom rom to appear of Samsung to realize they should not strip out the dialer just because it does not have a cell radio. This is a neat device that I think will not sell as well as it should because Samsung marketing has it position all wrong.

Yeah, it's a 4" tablet. I ordered both a 4" and 5". Should get them tomorrow. It's taking a bit too long though. Two-day Prime will actually take 3 business days; and no wonder since it's going from Sparks, NV to Louisville to Seattle. What kind of twisted route is that?

[SensualPoet]

Pretty big deal sale at Kobo on Cyber Monday (Nov 28) only.

Web link for the sale (Canada): http://www.kobobooks.com/cybermonday...8cybermondayCA

Web link for the sale (US): http://www.kobobooks.com/cybermonday...8cybermondayUS

E-books:
60% off most OpenRoad books (no limit) - OpenRoad60
50% off select titles (one purchase only) - Cyber50
30% off select titles (one purchase only) - Cyber30
20% off select titles (one purchase only) - Cyber20

Plus order the Kobo Touch at regular price and get a 20% off gift card bundled in.

Legal: Offer valid from Nov 28, 2011 at 12:00 AM through Nov 28, 2011 at 11:59 PM. This offer is not valid in conjunction with any other offer or promotion and cannot be used to adjust amount paid on previous purchases. Cyber20 discount code is valid for 20% off any eBook purchase from this list, Cyber30 discount code is valid for 30% off an individual eBook purchase from this list and Cyber50 discount code is valid for 50% off an individual eBook purchase from this list. All discounts exclude eBooks from the following publishers: In the US - Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, Random House, Simon & Schuster, Wiley, and Zondervan, and all respective subsidiary imprints. In CA - Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, Simon & Schuster, Wiley, and Zondervan, and all respective subsidiary imprints. OpenRoad60 discount code is valid for 60% off any eBook purchase from Open Road Media. Newspapers and magazines are excluded from this offer. Promotional code must be entered at time of purchase to qualify for this discount. Discounts cannot be applied nor the discount value refunded once a purchase is complete. We reserve the right to change or end this offer at any time without notice.

[ficbot]

The Amazon sale seems to include all the Open Road books and some of the others, and at cheaper prices. For instance, Exodus by Leon Uris was about $6 at Kobo after I applied the code, but is $2.99 at Amazon. Worth comparison shopping at both sites if you find a title which interests you!

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by SensualPoet

Pretty big deal sale at Kobo on Cyber Monday (Nov 28) only.

Web link for the sale (Canada): http://www.kobobooks.com/cybermonday...8cybermondayCA

Web link for the sale (US): http://www.kobobooks.com/cybermonday...8cybermondayUS

E-books:
60% off most OpenRoad books (no limit) - OpenRoad60
50% off select titles (one purchase only) - Cyber50
30% off select titles (one purchase only) - Cyber30
20% off select titles (one purchase only) - Cyber20

Plus order the Kobo Touch at regular price and get a 20% off gift card bundled in.

Legal: Offer valid from Nov 28, 2011 at 12:00 AM through Nov 28, 2011 at 11:59 PM. This offer is not valid in conjunction with any other offer or promotion and cannot be used to adjust amount paid on previous purchases. Cyber20 discount code is valid for 20% off any eBook purchase from this list, Cyber30 discount code is valid for 30% off an individual eBook purchase from this list and Cyber50 discount code is valid for 50% off an individual eBook purchase from this list. All discounts exclude eBooks from the following publishers: In the US - Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, Random House, Simon & Schuster, Wiley, and Zondervan, and all respective subsidiary imprints. In CA - Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, Simon & Schuster, Wiley, and Zondervan, and all respective subsidiary imprints. OpenRoad60 discount code is valid for 60% off any eBook purchase from Open Road Media. Newspapers and magazines are excluded from this offer. Promotional code must be entered at time of purchase to qualify for this discount. Discounts cannot be applied nor the discount value refunded once a purchase is complete. We reserve the right to change or end this offer at any time without notice.

I found it interesting that this is the first time Kobo has restricted a coupon to specific books. Usually it's to any non agency book but it seems to only work on the books under the coupon's category.

[treadlightly]

Incipio (http://www.myincipio.com/) is having a good sale on cases today, up to 50% off.

[tubemonkey]

Zagg (shields, skins, cases, etc) is having a 50% off sale today and tomorrow.

[sufue]

Originally Posted by ficbot

The Amazon sale seems to include all the Open Road books and some of the others, and at cheaper prices. For instance, Exodus by Leon Uris was about $6 at Kobo after I applied the code, but is $2.99 at Amazon. Worth comparison shopping at both sites if you find a title which interests you!

Same for a couple of the Open Road mysteries I checked - significantly cheaper at Amazon than Kobo, even with Kobo coupon.

[sufue]

Originally Posted by Blossom

I found it interesting that this is the first time Kobo has restricted a coupon to specific books. Usually it's to any non agency book but it seems to only work on the books under the coupon's category.

Yep, makes it pretty useless IMO...

Do they really think I'm going to go through many pages of books in hopes that one might be something I want? And since it's only one book for each of the coupons, I'm even less likely to page through the lists. And, other than the Open Road books, no way (that I could figure out) to sort by genre or author to help the hunt along a bit.

Bah humbug!

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by sufue

Yep, makes it pretty useless IMO...

Do they really think I'm going to go through many pages of books in hopes that one might be something I want? And since it's only one book for each of the coupons, I'm even less likely to page through the lists. And, other than the Open Road books, no way (that I could figure out) to sort by genre or author to help the hunt along a bit.

Bah humbug!

Bah Humbug indeed! This is first time they have done this other then publisher type coupons. I hope this is not a trend.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by sufue

Do they really think I'm going to go through many pages of books in hopes that one might be something I want? And since it's only one book for each of the coupons, I'm even less likely to page through the lists. And, other than the Open Road books, no way (that I could figure out) to sort by genre or author to help the hunt along a bit.

Amazon does that too with many of their Kindle Special Offers. No way to sort. Just manually sort through page after page after page. What a pain.