Bargain Moose

I’m not sure where this author came from, but look out! Her characters are in your FACE–funny and scary–with an emotional swirl in the background that makes it hard to breathe. The premise, which is almost beside the point, is that Matthew King’s wife is in a coma. And he has to rise up to the occasion, and be a parent in a way he never was before. You realize, along with him, that these wild, angry girls never really had a parent of any kind.

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

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• Discount: 25% off
• Coupon Code: jan6ca25
• Expires: 9th, January 2012

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.

My comparative literature teacher, who writes a blog called Steampunk Scholar, and I recently had a conversation regarding the availability of books we want to read as ebooks. I want to read the Vampire Empire series however the first book is available in german via Kobobooks (so have a blast if you read german!), but neither the 1st nor the 2nd is available in english. His reply was this:

I find the availability of ebooks somewhat frustrating. I understand the why of it: it’s all about contractual obligations and licensing, but it’s still somewhat maddening. There’s a book by a Canadian author that is available as an ebook from Kindle in the States, but not in Canada. Go figure! Avigayil, I endorse both Vampire Empire books!

Anyone else have this problem?

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

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• Discount: 30% off
• Coupon Code: newyear30ca
• Expires: 3rd, January 2012

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.

What new book are you looking for? I have been rather interested in vintage lately, because I know little about it and it seems to be a really promising area to explore if you can find a good tailor. You get really fantastic clothing with good fabric and excellent construction – and then you bring it to life. I recently got the book Virtual Vintage: The Insider’s Guide to Buying and Selling Fashion Online and hope to get to it one of these days!

One time use per person.

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.

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

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• 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.

Save 25% off bestsellers at Kobo ebooks until Saturday. Pick out your next great read!

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• Discount: 25% off
• Coupon Code: nov30ca25
• Expires: 3rd Dec. 2011

Discount code is valid for one time 25% 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.

Get the entire Hunger Games Trilogy for $25.12, down from 33.49 (reg. $53.97). You still have plenty of time to read all three books before the movie comes out near the end of March, 2012. The books were so great, I hope that the movies will be able to meet my high expectations.

(Ends 3rd December 2011)

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

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• 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!

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• 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 a lovely 20% off coupon code for Kobobooks – it has been a while! 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: oct27ca20
• Expiry: 30th, October 2011

Exclusions that I currently know of for publishers:

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

Hey! I have a passion for fashion and am looking for great books about it. Any suggestions? So far I have been enjoy some by author Nina Garcia but I want to check out some others too! I see I can use this coupon on her book “What to Wear for Every Occasion” so I might just have to get that!

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). 

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• 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.

Get a 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.

• Get some new reading material from Kobobooks

• Discount: $1 off
• Coupon Code: aug25ca1
• Expires: 28th, August 2011 (11:59 pm)

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 don’t really have time to read right now! But I do have a great Kobobooks story. I purchased a book about 2 months ago that was terribly messed up. Images and tables were missing everywhere. So I ‘reported’ the book to Kobobooks. They responded saying they would look into it. A couple weeks later I got a reply saying I was right, and they refunded the money I paid for it as credit on Kobobooks. I was sceptical as to how it would turn out because it took them a while to solve my issue – but in the end everything was peachy!

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.