If you're looking for a last minute gift... or are already plotting how to
use that bookstore gift card you know is waiting in that tiny wrapped box, I'd recommend starting with these excellent reads — my favorite of 2013:
Not exact matches
Most online
bookstores carry a good selection of Klutz, so
use your favorite to get the
gift in the mail.
She also mentions forming partnerships with independent
bookstores using displays with e-book
gift cards — something similar to what Enthrill Books in Canada or eLibros in Colombia have done.
Host a giveaway for Amazon or
bookstore gift cards — everyone could
use more books this time of year!
It
used to be that you were kept from the
bookstore world, from the independent
gift store world.
Enthrill puts racks of attractive ebook
gift cards into
bookstores and other retail sites, allowing shoppers in brick - and - mortar stores to pay terrestrial cash registers for digital books they download
using codes on those cards.
It is because the book jacket needs to be included in the book publisher's seasonal or specialty sales materials, such as catalogs (which are
used by the sales representatives to sell the book into
bookstores,
gift stores, libraries, etc.) or BLADs or ARCs.
This is what makes libraries,
used bookstores, and giving books as
gifts legal, all of which help authors as well as readers.
I checked the fine print on the B&N
gift cards and they can be
used at any B&N store, college
bookstore or otherwise.