how to purchase eBook as gift

erikt · 12-06-2009, 09:20 AM

Sorry if this has been asked before. Is there any way for someone to purchase an eBook for someone else as a gift? I've got a new Cybook Gen3 and with Xmas coming up I'd like any books I receive to be in electronic form. Is there no way to do this, other than purchasing a gift certificate? Even with a gift certificate, it seems the buyer has to know the user id of the recipient at each store.

Thanks in advance for any helpful hints!
ET

neilmarr · 12-06-2009, 09:25 AM

One wee thing you can do, Erik, is visit my own small bookstore (www.bewrite.net) and drop me a line of any of the 120 or so BeWrite Books ebook titles that catch your eye. I'd be happy to send them over to you free of DRM and free of charge. An offer for MR pals only for the rest of this year. The ebook versions are so far in PDF only, but I'm told by readers that they lose only insignificant formatting on CyBook. ntmarrATbewrite.net (use the @ sign, of course). Merry Christmas. Neil

ProfJulie · 12-06-2009, 08:27 PM

Last year, my husband gave me a gift certificate for my favorite ebook website. The gift certificated included a code that I used when I purchased books. My husband did not need to know anything about my account number. I'm hoping to find another gift certificate in my stocking this year.

Jellby · 12-07-2009, 03:35 AM

I think you can send either micropay credits or a gift certificate valid for a given book in Fictionwise. But I don't think you can skip "geographic restrictions" that way (i.e. the recipient won't be allowed to download the book if (s)he does not have the right credit crad).

erikt · 12-07-2009, 12:24 PM

Thanks for the replies all. For me, this is another example showing that the technology just isn't quite ready for prime time. Until someone can purchase a specific title as a gift for someone else, I think the retailers will be missing out on a lot of holiday purchases.

ET

12-06-2009, 09:20 AM	#1
erikt Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Cybook Gen3	how to purchase eBook as gift Sorry if this has been asked before. Is there any way for someone to purchase an eBook for someone else as a gift? I've got a new Cybook Gen3 and with Xmas coming up I'd like any books I receive to be in electronic form. Is there no way to do this, other than purchasing a gift certificate? Even with a gift certificate, it seems the buyer has to know the user id of the recipient at each store. Thanks in advance for any helpful hints! ET

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12-06-2009, 09:25 AM	#2
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,216 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	One wee thing you can do, Erik, is visit my own small bookstore (www.bewrite.net) and drop me a line of any of the 120 or so BeWrite Books ebook titles that catch your eye. I'd be happy to send them over to you free of DRM and free of charge. An offer for MR pals only for the rest of this year. The ebook versions are so far in PDF only, but I'm told by readers that they lose only insignificant formatting on CyBook. ntmarrATbewrite.net (use the @ sign, of course). Merry Christmas. Neil

12-06-2009, 08:27 PM	#3
ProfJulie Evangelist Posts: 423 Karma: 890 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: USA Device: whatever	Last year, my husband gave me a gift certificate for my favorite ebook website. The gift certificated included a code that I used when I purchased books. My husband did not need to know anything about my account number. I'm hoping to find another gift certificate in my stocking this year.

12-07-2009, 03:35 AM	#4
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,515 Karma: 18512745 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	I think you can send either micropay credits or a gift certificate valid for a given book in Fictionwise. But I don't think you can skip "geographic restrictions" that way (i.e. the recipient won't be allowed to download the book if (s)he does not have the right credit crad).

12-07-2009, 12:24 PM	#5
erikt Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Cybook Gen3	Thanks for the replies all. For me, this is another example showing that the technology just isn't quite ready for prime time. Until someone can purchase a specific title as a gift for someone else, I think the retailers will be missing out on a lot of holiday purchases. ET

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