06-13-2024, 09:42 AM | #8341 |
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Usually whatever I see on Amazon's DotD stuff will inevitably show up in my eReaderIQ filters, so no, I don't typically bother. I do periodically browse Kobo's Deals page, though, because sometimes stuff shows up there that I haven't seen flagged elsewhere. That's where I picked up the Budayeen Cycle from.
My only complaint is that the "____ genre books under $5" section doesn't seem to distinguish between books that are on sale and books that have a listing price under $5. That bugs me, because it results in books like Hyperion being perpetually in the Sci-Fi deals section, because the book's listing price is $4. |
06-13-2024, 11:07 AM | #8342 |
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06-13-2024, 02:06 PM | #8343 | |
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I mostly agree with you, and I HATE the new format at Kindle US, so I'm agreeing with you even more recently.
However, if you can travel/have a Kindle UK account, the UK Deal of the Day rather often will have a new book (like really new, major publishers, published within the past few months) for £0.99, for one day. (Mostly genre fiction...) And then it may be many months or longer before that book goes on sale again, and even then maybe not as low as £0.99. This is a behavior that is peculiar to the UK, AFAIK - at least I've not seen it at Kindle US or Canada. And as @maddz pointed out a while back, usually that one day price of £0.99 will be matched at Kobo UK, so you can usually then go there if you prefer. And the Deal of the Day at Kindle UK is only a few books, so not hard to check. I've gotten bunches of really-new most-recent-in-series books on this basis...usually even before the hold/waitlist at my library would let me get them... Quote:
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Like Suefue, I check that page daily. It's usually less than a dozen books (unless it's Sunday or a public holiday when you also get the Big Deal). 5 minutes tops? I also subscribe to the Daily Deal newsletter. Mind you, I agree the quality of Amazon Deals has dropped - too many KU or self-pubbed authors who I rarely read and to my mind just clutter up the results. What's been bugging me at Amazon recently is the sponsored items embedded in the search results; I'm seeing the same items multiple times in the search and it's confusing. It also inflates the number of pages as well. |
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06-14-2024, 03:28 AM | #8345 | |
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Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis (The Milkweek Triptych #1) is $3 in the US. (Kobo, Amazon)
First in a trilogy about WW2 with superheroes and magic. Since a few months ago, books 2 and 3 are frequently on sale, but the first book wasn't discounted, and still had its original cover. Now it was updated, along with a sale. Quote:
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06-14-2024, 04:20 PM | #8346 | |
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Guy Gavriel Kay's Tigana is $2 today. It has never been this cheap before.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NZMDA0M https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/tigana-5 Quote:
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06-15-2024, 02:33 AM | #8348 | |
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Time Was by Ian McDonald is $2 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)
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06-15-2024, 03:42 AM | #8349 |
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The Fractal Prince (Jean le Flambeur #2) by Hannu Rajaniemi is $3 on Amazon.com
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Desert of Souls by Howard Andrew Jones is $3 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)
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06-15-2024, 12:50 PM | #8351 | |
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Repo Virtual by Corey J. White is $3 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)
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06-15-2024, 06:28 PM | #8352 |
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Heavy Planet: The Classic Mesklin Stories by Hal Clement (Author)
usually $20.99 is $1.99 at Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Heavy-Planet-.../dp/B000FA5UAK |
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From the Forest, currently the latest in LE Modesitt's Recluse series, is on sale at Amazon for $2.99. Presumably that's to prepare for the next book in November.
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06-16-2024, 12:28 AM | #8355 |
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Although the book is available in the UK, neither Amazon.co.uk nor Kobo UK have any discount. In fact, Amazon has it at £11.99, and Kobo has a discounted price of £8.99.
Hmm, I notice it doesn't include Close to Critical, which is book 2 in the Mesklin sequence. |
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