Kobo News & Updates: Promotions and Events for Everyone

Kobo Kids Promotion Extended

The Kobo Kids promotion, which began March 5, has been extended to April 17. And now ABA member stores can offer customers $20 off the Kobo Arc 7HD, as well as two Kobo Kids eBooks for free to all new Kobo App and Arc tablet users.

Web banners and promotional materials can be found in the Designs and Downloads section of BookWeb.org.

Kobo Arc 7HD Price Promotion

The current device prices are as follows:

• Arc 7HD 16GB: $179.99 ($19.00 Rebate)
• Arc 7HD 32GB: $229.99 ($19.00 Rebate)

Full reporting instructions can be found here.

End of March Content Promotions

March is going out the same way it came in — like a lion — with two new exciting content promotions!

Up to 70 Percent Off Select eBooks

At the start of the promotion, the select eBooks can be found at this link: www.kobo.com/springpromotion. (Please note: link is not yet live.)

• Start date: Friday, March 28, at 12:00 a.m. EST
• End date: Monday, March 31, at 11:59 p.m. EST

30 Percent Off Promo Code

A one-time-use code for 30 percent off select eBooks will also be available at the end of March.

To view the promo code, see the full March 19 issue of Kobo News & Updates in the Kobo Announcement Archive.

• Start date: Friday, March 28, at 12:00 a.m. EST
• End date: Monday, March 31, at 11:59 p.m. EST
• Promo code: GETTHIRTY

Additionally, promotions of up to 70 percent off kids and teen titles are active all month long.

Kobo Writing Life Events

Tanya Anne Crosby chats with customers at Horizon Books during her eBook launch party.

Christine Munroe, the U.S. manager for Kobo Writing Life, has coordinated several successful Kobo events at bookstores across the U.S. throughout the last six months.

Recent highlights include:

• A launch party at Horizon Books in Traverse City, Michigan, celebrating the eBook release of local author Tanya Anne Crosby’s Tell No Lies, co-sponsored by Kensington Publishing Corp.
• An eReading seminar at Denver’s Tattered Cover, teaching bookstore customers about Kobo.

Bookstores interested in hosting a Kobo event should contact Munroe at [email protected].

For full details on these updates, see the March 19 issue of Kobo News & Updates, which can be found in the Kobo Announcement Archive.