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Originally Posted by eGeezer
After pondering all entries in this thread, it occurred to me that buying an ereader as a gift is much like buying a telescope as a gift. If the recipient is not an avid (reader, stargazer) it will gather dust. If the recipient has a budding interest in (reading, stargazing), and you don't get the right one, it will gather dust and perhaps kill or delay the person's interest in ereaders. If the recipient is already an avid (reader, stargazer) you'd better be really, really sure you are getting the one they want or it will gather dust (or maybe be returned).
But most important to all of that, the person giving the gift needs to be an avid (reader, stargazer) in order to have any chance at all of making the right choice.
So while I find the article distasteful, he is right that average Joe non-ereader owner should not, at this time, consider purchasing an ereader as a gift for someone else.
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Really well let me ask you this at what point did the stargazer become a stargazer. At some point he had to be exposed to a telescope. A gift is the best way to introduce somebody to a new technology. Granted you need to know the person tour giving the gift to for it to be of value.
Btw did I mention I received my PRS-505 as a gift. I only showed a little Interest in the Kindle but ended up with a SONY. And no I'm not complaining, I dig my eReader. Of course I'm an avid reader and tech savvy
Also a aort while after I received my book reader my sister in law bought one for my brother. I took him 6 months before he picked it up but now he really likes his device.
And last I bought an ereader for my daughter as well. It was the EBW1150 she loves the book reader and uses it a lot. The only problem with that book reader is the limited amount of childrens books and that she can not take the ereader to class.
Really the only pre-rec for buying an eReader as a gift is of the person likes to read and have an open mind.
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