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Old 07-27-2024, 02:19 AM   #1
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Winter be buying books on kobo store, here is why.......
Was looking at books on the Kobo store and Amazon store, and the series of books I want are 2x more expensive here than Amazon. So cheaper to buy them on Amazon then convert them to my kobo clara
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Old 07-27-2024, 05:32 AM   #2
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Was looking at books on the Kobo store and Amazon store, and the series of books I want are 2x more expensive here than Amazon. So cheaper to buy them on Amazon then convert them to my kobo clara
You can price match Kobo with Amazon.

The other thing you can do is travel with Kobo travel and go to someplace like India where if the book is available, you may be able to get it cheaper then Amazon.
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You can price match Kobo with Amazon.
a) I can't find that.
b) it sounds like an awkward process, reading it here.
c) Often Kobo hasn't got it.
d) "Travelling" seems to have stopped working, so only Irish Kobo Store works, which is euro (Amazon expects Ireland to use US or UK, but the US prices & availability now seem to be just USD equivalents of UK store).

I use Amazon, Kobo, Smashwords and others.
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I suspect Kobo travelling is going to be like travelling on HumbleBundle; use a VPN with an endpoint in the US, switch store to US, and use PayPal or a gift card.

Too much hassle for every day...

I've done it on Humble for geo-locked bundles I particularly wanted, but it's a rare occurrence for me.
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Old 07-28-2024, 04:49 PM   #5
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The last time I travelled, a VPN was not necessary, but of course Kobo can tighten security at any time.
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a) I can't find that.
b) it sounds like an awkward process, reading it here.
c) Often Kobo hasn't got it.
d) "Travelling" seems to have stopped working, so only Irish Kobo Store works, which is euro (Amazon expects Ireland to use US or UK, but the US prices & availability now seem to be just USD equivalents of UK store).

I use Amazon, Kobo, Smashwords and others.
I traveled recently to India. I did not use a VPN. It just worked. So yes traveling on Kobo airlines works.
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I think I've read somewhere that traveling without VPN only works for the US customers, but I could be wrong.
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I traveled recently to India. I did not use a VPN. It just worked. So yes traveling on Kobo airlines works.
They no longer transit Shannon.
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You could try changing your account so you have a US address and see how traveling goes.
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You could try changing your account so you have a US address and see how traveling goes.
Yes, that used to work, now it doesn't.
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