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Originally Posted by shalym
Actually, what the recipient gets is a credit for the cost of that particular book, and a notification that they received a gift, and the title of the book that the giver suggests, but they can actually get any book that has the same price. It's more like a gift card with a suggested title.
Shari
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Well, it's been several years since I was on the receiving end so things might've changed, but what I received was an email with a link to the book page with a choice to accept or decline the book. If I accepted, the book got zapped to my Kindle (actually Kindle for Android on my Sony T1) and if I declined *then* my account received a credit I could spend on something else.
As I didn't own the book and gifter knows my tastes I never really saw what a decline looks like.
(Shrug)
The process may be a kludge but at least it plays out as close to a gift as current tech (and DRM infections) allow.
The way I play it is that when my friends (sticklers for xmas protocols) get up and uncover the loot they eventually go online to confirm I liked mine (like, duh; they know my tastes almost as well as Amazon) and discover the little extra.
It helps that Amazon lets you specify date and time for the email.