Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/19/amazon_book_gifting/
Amazon launches book gifting service
As sure as there's a 'X' in 'Christmas'
Posted in Tablets, 19th November 2010 19:09 GMT
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Amazon has launched a new moneymaker service: you can now send Kindle books as gifts to anyone with an email address, whether or not they own one of Amazon's lightweight e-readers.
There's now no need to leave your computer for holiday book-buying
The new program [1] allows you to choose e-gifts from among Amazon's 725,000-plus ebooks and fire them off to your chosen giftees, who can then read them on their Kindles, or by using Amazon's free e-reading apps for the Mac, PC, BlackBerry, plus iOS and Android devices [2] — with support for Windows Phone 7 "coming soon".
Should the recipient not appreciate Sarah Palin's subtle literary stylings in Going Rogue [3] — or, for that matter, the collected leftie wisdom in its Bizarro World [4] counterpart, Going Rouge [5] — they can exchange your well-meaning gift for an equal-value Amazon gift card [6].
Gift-giving for the lazy — no fiddling with wrapping paper or ribbon required — and another blow to your neighborhood bookseller. ®
Links
- http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/ref=kinw_gift_surl_1/?node=2518188011
- http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_354495922_1?ie=UTF8&docId=1000493771&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-5&pf_rd_r=14QWKXTN6413TZBCSDW1&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1280352822&pf_rd_i=2518188011
- http://www.amazon.com/Going-Rogue-American-Sarah-Palin/dp/0061939897/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1290190892&sr=1-1
- http://www.dccomics.com/dcu/graphic_novels/?gn=1567
- http://www.amazon.com/Going-Rouge-Nightmare-Richard-Kim/dp/0757315240/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1290190947&sr=1-2
- http://www.amazon.com/gp/gc