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Kobobooks is running the puzzle contest. You are guaranteed a 10% off coupon out of it, and have the chance of getting up to a 35% off coupon each day.

• Play The Puzzle game at Kobobooks

You will have to sign up for the contest, but if you buy Kobobooks it could be well worth it. There are 5 days left of daily coupons/prizes and every day you play enters you in for the ‘big’ prize pack.

I played for the first time today and got a 10% off coupon code – but I am holding out for something bigger. What did you get?

Expiry: 25th December, 2011 – Don’t forget to check out the Boxing Day sales!

I just started my winter break from university (yay!) and I can’t wait to do some fun reading! It is great timing too, Kobobooks is celebrating it’s 2nd year anniversary and has a whole selection of books for only $2, plus a 30% off coupon code!

• Shop $2 and under books at Kobobooks

• Discount: 30% off
• Coupon Code: kobobirthday30CA
• Expiry: 18th, December 2011

What is on your reading list this holiday season? I have so many books to finish that I ‘just’ started! No More Dirty Looks is on the top of my reading list, along with To Hell in High Heels, and Marvel’s Runaways.

Exclusions:

In CA – Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, Simon & Schuster, Wiley, and Zondervan, and all respective subsidiary imprints.

On Kobo’s website it says the 30% off coupon is for a select list of books (about 200) but I applied it to books not on that list and it worked.

Steven and Lina, the authors of GroceryAlerts, dropped me a line about an eBook they’ve penned. I rarely post this kind of thing on Bargainmoose, but they’ve done a lot of hard work and come up with a good resource for Canadians. The eBook details a lot of the freebies you can get on your birthday.

• Click here to get the free stuff eBook

These offers are the kind of thing you’ll see here on Bargainmoose tagged with birthday, but Steve and Lina have gone into a lot of detail, covering various categories and digging into deals for various provinces. Some of the nation-wide examples:

• Old Navy Canada – Free gift on your birthday
• Booster Juice Canada – Free 24oz smoothie on your birthday
• Marble Slab Canada – Free ice cream on your birthday
• The Body Shop Canada - Free $10 gift voucher on your birthday

Some of the restaurant and dining offer tend to be BOGO (buy one get one) or a free gift with purchase. But that’s all clearly explained in the eBook. A lot of them are totally free, like the 4 deals I mentioned above.

Enjoy 30% off a new read this weekend at Kobobooks!

• Click here to shop Kobobooks

• Discount: 30% off
• Coupon Code: dec9offer30ca
• Expires: 11th, December 2011

Like other coupons this one has the usual exclusions “Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, Simon & Schuster, Wiley, and Zondervan, and all respective subsidiary imprints” as well as magazines and newspapers.

I just used this gorgeous coupon to get a book I have been wanting: No More Dirty Looks. It is a very revealing look at the beauty industry and the regulations (or lack there of – really) keeping our beauty products safe. I know, I have funny tastes in my relaxation reading material! Anyway, I got it for a fabulous price: $7.12 (including GST), saving $2.91 with this coupon.

One time use per person.

Ohh.. another coupon from Kobobooks, this time for 25% off a book of your choice, one use only of course.

• Click here to shop Kobobooks

• Discount: 25% off
• Coupon Code: save25nov29ca
• Expires: 16th, November 2011

Like other coupons this one has the usual exclusions “Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, Simon & Schuster, Wiley, and Zondervan, and all respective subsidiary imprints”as well as magazines and newspapers.

Plus, every eBook purchase is an entry for a chance to win 1 of 5 Kobo Vox eReaders.

Save 20% off select ebooks from Kobo until Monday. Grab a great book to occupy you this long weekend!

• Click here to shop at Kobo

• Discount: 20% off
• Coupon Code: nov10ca20
• Expires: 14th November, 2011 at 11:59PM

You can use the coupon code one time and you can’t combine it with any other offer or promo.

Discount code is valid for one time 20% off any eBook purchase excluding those from the following publishers: In CA – Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, Simon & Schuster, Wiley, and Zondervan, and all respective subsidiary imprints.  Newspapers and magazines are excluded from this offer.

My friend was so excited to get the new Kobo Vox yesterday. It looks like a nice ereader, love that it’s in colour and I think the fact that you can browse the web, do email and Facebook on it makes it so useful, especially if you don’t have an iPad or other tablet.

I’d say that my next ebook will be Half-Blood Blues by Giller winner Esi Edugyan. It’s priced at $14.99 or $11.99 after coupon.

Here is another 20% off coupon code for Kobobooks. As I have mentioned before, this is the better coupon ($1 coupon vs. 20% off coupon) if your book costs above $5, which most books do these days.

• Load a new read onto your Kobo or eReader today

• Discount: 20% off
• Coupon Code: oct2discount20
• Expiry: 2nd, October 2011

I read an article somewhere that was talking about the market distribution of eReaders and if memory serves Kindle has the largest share. I was wondering how that distribution would look if you only took Canada into consideration. Because Chapters (and thus the Kobo) is not in the US of A the market down there is remarkably different. However, I wonder what our percentage looks like for owners of readers here. What do you think? I was thinking around 50% Kobo, 30% Kindle and 20% other.. but that is our speculation.

Another one of those coupons from Kobobooks to expand your reading repertoire! You can get 20% off a book from Kobo for the next few days (excluding select publishers). 

• Click here to shop Kobobooks

• Discount: 20% off
• Coupon Code: save20sept292
• Expires: 23rd, September 2011

Like other coupons this one has the usual exclusions “Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, Simon & Schuster, Wiley, and Zondervan, and all respective subsidiary imprints” as well as magazines and newspapers.

They have a massive deal on The Hunger Games book right now, originally $14.99 you can get it for $4.69 or $3.75 + tax.

Get an exciting weekend read from Kobobooks this weekend with a $1 off coupon code. This coupon is good for a one time use on select books from Kobobooks.

• Reading up on a fascinating topic from Kobobooks

• Discount: $1 off
• Coupon Code: firstreadca1
• Expires: 23rd, September 2011

As per usual the fine print is very important. This coupon excludes the following publishers:

In CA – Zondervan, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette Book Group, Penguin, Wiley, and Macmillan.

It also excludes the usual magazines and newspapers.

I am currently reading The Epic of Gilgamesh for my Comparative Literature course. It is the oldest ‘heroic epic’ we (humans) have. Many people find it dry but I find it great actually, quite fascinating how themes from life that we struggle with today like friendship, being content in life, and the concept of death are the same concepts they struggled with way back about 2700 BC. Try it out if you like literature or history. I found this version from Penguin on Kobobooks, The Epic of Gilgamesh, only $9.29, or $8.29 after the coupon code. Oddly enough the coupon code works on this Penguin book.

Treat yourself to a new ebook at the Sony Reader Store until Sunday, 28th August, 2011 and save 50% off with the coupon code below.

• Click here to shop at the Sony Reader Store

• Discount: 50% off
• Coupon Code: 50OFFTWODAYS

You can use this coupon code on one ebook download. You must use your code and complete all downloads before 11:59 PM PST on 28th August. There is a limit of one coupon code per account. The coupon can’t be used on books from certain publishers. Click here for details.

You will need a Sony Reader Account to take advantage of this deal (registration is free).

Books from the Sony Reader store can be read on your Mac or PC as well as the Sony eReaders and Android devices.

I am finally reading The Help, and it’s fantastic. Can’t wait to finish it this weekend and then see the movie!

A great source for ebooks is the iTunes ebook store! In their recent mail out they mentioned a fabulous deal on 20 cool ebooks: only $0.99 each!

• Get yourself a new read for only 99 Cents!

I read up on a few titles and though some of the books have some promise. The book ‘It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Me‘ sounds like the type of book I could use! For those of us who see the glass as half empty it is a humorous look at how despite how bad things are, they could be worse! Stretch, The Making of a Yoga Dude also sounds like a cool read.

I had a bit of trouble with the link, so if the page doesn’t open properly just refresh the address and it should hop right to it. It worked for me.

Kobobooks has released a new coupon! My are we excited. Get 20% off the ebook of your choice from Kobobooks.

• Dive in to a new read with Kobobooks

• Discount: 20% off 1 ebook per customer
• Coupon Code: CA20Jul29
• Expires: 1st, August 2011

Here is an updated list of publishers excluded from this discount:

Discount code is valid for 20% off an individual eBook purchase excluding eBooks from HarperCollins, Hachette, Grand Central, Warner, Penguin, Wiley, Little Brown, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster. Newspapers and magazines are excluded from this offer.

Now, I am usually a big fan of Kobobooks. However, I recently bought a book called Underneath it All by Caroll & Schultz. A great book for lingerie fans! I get to reading this book and the images are all wrong (reading on an iPad). Each section that describes the difference between items (like demi-bra, t-shirt bra) etc is suppose to have a picture showing it. The pictures are ALL the the same. Also: The tables that are in one of the chapters of the books (pages 43 – 47 or so) all have the same table repeated over and over and over on each page. It is suppose to be a whole bunch of different tables! I am very disappointed with the quality of this ebook and have emailed Kobo support about it. We will see what their response is.

Save 20% off one ebook from the Sony Reader Store with the coupon code below before 31st July, 2011. You must have a Reader account (registration is free!)

• Click here to shop the Reader Store

• Discount: 20% off
• Coupon code: 20OFFINJULY
• Expires: 31st July, 2011 at 11:59 pm PST

The coupon code can be used on one ebook and there is a limit of one code per account. Books from certain publishers are not eligible for use with this coupon code.

Great time to pick up a new book for the long weekend. I’m going to try A Visit From the Goon Squad ($9.99) or State of Wonder ($13.99). Totally different themes, so we will see what I’m in the mood to read this weekend!

Books from the Sony Reader store can be read on your Mac or PC as well as the Sony eReaders and Android devices.

As I mentioned in the comments of my last Kobo post, Kobobooks has really slowed down their coupon product, I haven’t received one via email for weeks! So when I manage to find a coupon that is valid, I like to post it asap as I never know the expiry date. Here I found a $1 off coupon code that is currently valid!

• Shop Kobobooks for a good read

• Discount: $1 off
• Coupon Code: Kobodollaroff
• Expires: ?

I tested the coupon out on a trilogy I have heard so much about that I found in the eBook Bundles: The Hunter Games Trilogy. It’s price is $17.85 pre-tax and the coupon worked to bring it down by a dollar.

Also in the comments there was some discussion about how many books are not accepting coupons, and how that number seems to be rising. As I mentioned there: Hachette, Grand Central, Warner, and Little Brown are the publishers that Kobo says coupons will not work on. I have also found that books published by HarperCollins don’t seem to take the coupons either.

I am a bit concerned I guess. I think Kobobooks might have been using the coupons to establish itself as the dominant ebook-store in the market, and is slowly winding down it’s coupon offers. In the future we might only see these offers a few times a year.

• Flip the pages for your next great read at Kobobooks

• Discount: 20% off
• Coupon Code: June20off
• Expires: ?

Each Kobo eReader Prize Pack includes:

• Kobo eReader Touch Edition
• Leather eReader case
• $50 Kobo eGift Card

Now wouldn’t that be nice to win!

I have no idea when this coupon expires, so let me know if it stops working suddenly. I tested it today on this Nina Garcia Look Book: What to Wear for Every Occasion and it was still working as of right now.