Because I was able to use the amazon version to price match, the books came down a price I would pay - but even at that, I would have been better off buying the physical book, as it would have been cheaper. I have a hard time believing that Kobo has nothing to do with the price of those books and that their price is almost double amazon's purely because of the publisher (or author). An online bookstore I buy from frequently had the physical paper book priced at 8.49. On amazon, the ebook version was priced at 9.99. In the last month, I have purchased two books from Kobo. But I truly have a hard time believing that publishers are setting the prices significantly higher for Kobo than for amazon and other ebook retailers, or for the physical book itself. I've never "traveled" with Kobo, or used coupons I shouldn't or where I shouldn't - but there are definitely books that I have purchased in the past that I would never have bought without the coupons.Īnd I'll take your word for what you are saying about publishers setting the price, because you would certainly know better than I. In all honesty, I think Kobo would love to be able to offer more discounts, but there's limitations to how fast and often they can code for them-and account for the coupons being used where they shouldn't work and where georestriction rules fail and so on. They can offer a range of coupons depending upon the country, publisher rules, geo-restrictions and so on, but as many coupons were used where they were not supposed to work and so on, they have tightened the coupon use and restrictions. ![]() They are not allowed to offer discounts on any old book-the publishers do not allow them to do that. It's a very complex part of the business, but Kobo can only discount books WITH THE AGREEMENT of the author or publisher. Sometimes they want higher priced books that are HIGHLY discounted (50 percent or more). Sometimes Kobo only wants recently released books (within the last year). First is series sell better than other books so you will very often see the same books submitted because as authors we find that the first in the series sells more books. My books are obviously not in all of them, but when they are in one of the promos, they generally sell quite well. Then Kobo sets up the lists and makes sure the coupons work with those books. This is part of the reason you see the same books-the publisher has to select which books go in which promos. Many of the promos are "author" or "publisher" supported. (Sometimes the discount is 10 percent, sometimes it's 30, etc). ![]() I participate in a number of the promos and I set not only the price for the promo, but agree to the various discounts, which come from my part of the sale. ![]() Because the price is set by the author or publisher, even for the duration of the promo.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |