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Amazon Kindles now offer e-book gifting feature

article published on 20 November, 2010

Amazon Kindle owners can now "gift" their Kindle e-books, passing the digital copies over to friends or family. "We are thrilled to make it easier than ever for our customers to give their favorite Kindle book to a friend or family member as a gift," adds Russ Grandinetti, Amazon Kindle VP. Open the Kindle Store, find the book you want to gift, and hit the "Give as a Gift" option, ... [ read the full article ]

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KSib
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_ 		20. November 2010 @ 18:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Digital gifting. I want that on steam.
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Xian
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_ 		20. November 2010 @ 21:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It's a nice feature, but still needs some improvement. Probably the main thing that is lacking is delayed gifting - currently it is immediate, so if you want to gift someone a book for Christmas they are going to get it today.

KSib, Steam already offers gifting.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?p_faqid=549
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getanacct
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_ 		26. November 2010 @ 15:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Finally, I can send a ebook to a friend of mine so that she can read the book before the end of the year.
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