Any word from BN on Nook "give as gift" ?

Ken Stuart · 03-07-2011, 02:25 PM

Amazon has had Kindle "gift as a gift" buttons for months - any word from BN on whether they are working on this ?

(Referring to ebooks, not readers)

It seems an essential component of the concept of replacing paper books.

Since BN has friend and Library lending, as well as reading other formats, you would think they are aware of the issue of emulating all paper book functionality...

jbcohen · 03-07-2011, 02:32 PM

Gee never knew that B&N would not permit gifts of their products. I know that borders quite frankly could care less if you give a Kobo or a Libra Pro its all the same to them. I know what you are going to say "Borders is out of business" that's true of the stores but the online they have told me that they are going no where.

taustin · 03-07-2011, 04:40 PM

I suspect that there are technical hurdles, especially on the nook classics which can be used without being registered (and the color can, too, if you root it). The DRM the use uses the credit card number as part of the encryption key, so it's problematic to buy a ebook on your card and read it on someone else's.

graycyn · 03-07-2011, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by taustin

I suspect that there are technical hurdles, especially on the nook classics which can be used without being registered (and the color can, too, if you root it). The DRM the use uses the credit card number as part of the encryption key, so it's problematic to buy a ebook on your card and read it on someone else's.

Yet, we can read a "lent" ebook that has been bought on someone else's card. Seems like getting from there to gifting a specific ebook should not be such a long haul.

You might've nailed it with the unregistered Nooks, but it still seems they could enable such a feature and specify that you can only give an ebook to a registered BN.com account email address.

I'd really like this feature... I could gift hubby some replacements for his paperbacks, which he'd then let me donate to the library and get off our bookshelves. Gift cards aren't the same, as he'll mostly go buy something new with those.

Ken Stuart · 03-07-2011, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taustin

I suspect that there are technical hurdles, especially on the nook classics which can be used without being registered (and the color can, too, if you root it). The DRM the use uses the credit card number as part of the encryption key, so it's problematic to buy a ebook on your card and read it on someone else's.

But none of that has prevented Amazon from implementing it for Kindle...

Asawi · 03-08-2011, 06:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taustin

The DRM the use uses the credit card number as part of the encryption key, so it's problematic to buy a ebook on your card and read it on someone else's.

I really can't see how that would be such a big problem if you specify who your giving it to. If you know the account name it shouldn't be too hard to link the credit card info linked to that account into the DRM instead of your own (of course YOU wouldn't be doing this, B&N would, or rather some clever software...).

taustin · 03-08-2011, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Asawi

I really can't see how that would be such a big problem if you specify who your giving it to. If you know the account name it shouldn't be too hard to link the credit card info linked to that account into the DRM instead of your own (of course YOU wouldn't be doing this, B&N would, or rather some clever software...).

It means the recipient must have an account with B&N, and they must cough up a credit card number to put on it. Mind you, if they're using a nook to begin with, they'll likely already have one, but it's not a given.

Ken Stuart · 03-08-2011, 08:47 PM

Again, Amazon is already doing all this...

03-07-2011, 02:25 PM	#1
Ken Stuart The Knight Who Says Nook! Posts: 98 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: California Device: Nook Color ; dead Clie NR70 ; living Rocket REB1100 ; QY70 (pictured)	Any word from BN on Nook "give as gift" ? Amazon has had Kindle "gift as a gift" buttons for months - any word from BN on whether they are working on this ? (*Referring to ebooks, not readers) It seems an essential component of the concept of replacing paper books. Since BN has friend and Library lending, as well as reading other formats, you would think they are aware of the issue of emulating all paper book functionality... Last edited by Ken Stuart; 03-07-2011 at 02:57 PM.*

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03-07-2011, 02:32 PM	#2
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,030 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	Gee never knew that B&N would not permit gifts of their products. I know that borders quite frankly could care less if you give a Kobo or a Libra Pro its all the same to them. I know what you are going to say "Borders is out of business" that's true of the stores but the online they have told me that they are going no where.

03-07-2011, 04:40 PM	#3
taustin Wizard Posts: 1,358 Karma: 5766642 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Nook	I suspect that there are technical hurdles, especially on the nook classics which can be used without being registered (and the color can, too, if you root it). The DRM the use uses the credit card number as part of the encryption key, so it's problematic to buy a ebook on your card and read it on someone else's.

03-08-2011, 08:47 PM	#8
Ken Stuart The Knight Who Says Nook! Posts: 98 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: California Device: Nook Color ; dead Clie NR70 ; living Rocket REB1100 ; QY70 (pictured)	Again, Amazon is already doing all this...