Holidays approaching. Can you say, Yeah! I knew you could. And whether you’re celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Eid-al-Adha, Bodhi Day, Winter Solstice, or some other wonderful time, you should know that, along with all those e-readers you’re buying for your friends and family, you can now give the gift of an e-book to go with it.
Most of the e-books sites I checked out, Barnes & Nobles, Sony’s Reader Store, Apple’s iTunes, seem to be doing standard gift cards that you can give to people who redeem them when they purchase their e-books. Amazon.com does that too, but it’s also offering you the ability to gift a specific book. That’s kind of cool. It means that now, rather than giving your Aunt Elizabeth a gift card that she’ll spend on the season two DVDs of The Ghost Whisperer, you can give her the particular book you loved so she’ll actually used the Kindle you bought her and understand why it’s something to fall in love with.
Did I mention that about half my reading is now on my Kindle. Next into the house will be my wife’s iPad. (Shh. Don’t tell her yet. It’s a surprise.) We’ll then have the top two e-readers on the planet. Maybe they’ll mate and produce all sorts of interesting e-kids.
Should be something to see.
