All you need is your recipients email address and then click the give as a gift button on your amazon book page to send your kindle gift. Like the kindle, you dont have to actually own a nook to gift a nook ebook via your recipients email address. You do not need a kindle device to send or receive kindle ebook gifts, and the recipient can read their gift on a registered kindle device or any free kindle reading application. Amazon has a handy featured called give as a gift which you can use to send someone a kindle book via email. May 06, 2016 i also like to share, and if i enjoy a good book, i want to share it with others, and for a long time i didnt realize i could give a kindle book as a gift, instead of a paper copy of a book i liked. When you visit and find the page of the book youd like to give, youll notice that there is an option to buy as gift under the nook book section. Amazon has a special solution for anyone who considers giving kindle unlimited to someone else.
Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Click the give a gift button located under the buy button for that kindle book see image. Distractionfree lists and tips for modern book lovers who care about privacy. Kindle books are a great gift idea for the special bookworms in your life, especially those who already read ebooks using their kindle. Jun 21, 2018 the new feature puts an end to a major limitation of digital books, which can be described as one user, one book. If you can drive more sales to your kindle edition by getting others to give it as a gift, the rank for your books sales page will improve and will ultimately lead to more visibility on amazon, thus increasing your overall sales. I want to gift a friend kindle books for christmas.
To give a kindle book as a gift, customers simply choose a book in the kindle store, select give as a gift and send their gift to anyone with an email address. Note that the recipient of a kindle gift book or kindle unlimited service plan can choose to exchange the gift for a regular amazon gift card of the same value. How to give away copies of your kindle ebook on amazon, and. How to give kindle ebooks and kindle unlimited as gifts. Will schwalbe, new york times bestselling author of the end of your life book club. In the past, you used to be able to prepay your kindle unlimited subscription in increments of 6, 12 and 24 months. For authors, this can be quite handy for book promotion purposes. Sending your kindle ebook as a gift can count as a real sale, but if you need a little sales boost, offering to gift a kindle book to readers can help give your ebooks sales rank a quick little lift.
Redeemable for an amazon kindle, kindle books, accessories or millions of other items at. You can run a free book promotion in all kindle marketplaces where the kdp selectenrolled title is available for sale. The 15 best book gifts for the literature lover in your life. Give and receive amazon devices and kindle content as gifts. Have an avid reader of ebooks on your gift list this year. How to gift a kindle book to someone this holiday socialnomics. There are lots of options for where you can sell your kindle, but one of the old reliables like craigslist, amazon, ebay, or swappa is going to give you the best results. The kindle give as a gift option is only available in the u. How to rent and gift books on your kindle paperwhite dummies. Some think that the kindle paperwhite only offers you the option of buying books. Amazon issued a release today that customers can now give any of the 725,000 kindle books to anyone with an email address. You can now gift a kindle ebook from the manage your. The first step in the process is to go the kindle version page of the book you want to give as a gift.
The above link will let you buy kindle unlimited on, for use in the united states. Online shopping for give kindle books from a great selection at kindle store. Why cant i find the give as a gift option on kindle. Nov 25, 2014 note that the recipient of a kindle gift book or kindle unlimited service plan can choose to exchange the gift for a regular amazon gift card of the same value.
However, there are enough apps and such that you can be confident that, if you give a kindle ebook as a gift, the recipient can read it even if they dont own a tablet. Dec 07, 2015 head to amazon and find the kindle version of the book you want to gift. In exquisite prose, maya shanbhag lang writes about her extraordinary mother and the cruel circumstances that complicate their relationship. The whole point of downloading this was to see how to gift a kindle book, as the drop down item enabling me to add it as a gift is not available on either the uk amazon site or the usa amazon site, it doesnt work and is a waste of money. While we appreciate a good tome as much as the next giftgiver and youll find a few special ones on this list theres more to the world of. Online shopping for give kindle books from a great selection at kindle store store. I also like to share, and if i enjoy a good book, i want to share it with others, and for a long time i didnt realize i could give a kindle book as a gift, instead of a paper copy of a book i liked. For the first time, give the gift of kindle books no kindle. Amazon deftly sidesteps this issue on their kindle gift support page, but the bottom line is that you cannot directly purchase a kindle book for anyone but yourself. In this video tutorial we walk you through stepbystep to show you how you can give a kindle book as a gift. How to rent and gift books on your kindle paperwhite. How to gift a kindle book friend image collections book. Just because you know a voracious reader who has switched over to a kindle doesnt mean that you cant give her a book for the holidays amazon actually makes it quite easy. Many times a digital copy is just so much more convenient, and it also satisfies that instant gratification.
Select a membership duration 6, 12, or 24 months and make sure this is a gift is checked at the bottom of the page. All you need is your recipients email address and then click the give as a gift button on your amazon book page to. Anyway i am unable to the find the give as gift button on the product page. Let them select their device, pick the perfect kindle accessory, or choose from over 1 million books. They can read your ebook on a supported amazon device or kindle reading app. Your gift recipients can receive your title even if they dont own a fire tablet or kindle ereader. Several of you have been asking me if there is a way to give kindle books as a gift to someone since a digital book is kind of difficult to wrap. You can choose to email the ebook gift to the recipient with a future delivery date. Before you follow the simple twostep guide below, make sure to check out things to know about kindle unlimited. On saturday, i noticed that amazon is no longer offering any prepaid or gift subscriptions to the service.
How to give kindle ebooks and kindle unlimited as gifts the. Sorry if these are stupid questions but i cant find any straight answers on the amazon sites. Unfortunately people will not always be ready to buy your book if it. One of the books i am seriously considering is 1500 pages long. Find out the asin number for the book you want to give. Online shopping for gift a kindle book from a great selection at kindle store store. How to give an kindle ebook as a gift the ebook evangelist. You can now gift a kindle ebook from the manage your content. Dec 06, 2010 several of you have been asking me if there is a way to give kindle books as a gift to someone since a digital book is kind of difficult to wrap.
Finally you can gift someone a kindle book in the uk. Click the orange button to add the gift to your cart. How to give and receive an amazon kindle gift book instructions from amazon. When the e book gift is received, your friend will have the option to redeem the book or trade it in for a gift card or nook app. How to give your kindle books as a gift publishing with kindle. Feb 01, 2017 how to give and receive an amazon kindle gift book instructions from amazon. You can give anyone an ebook from the books product page on amazon. From now on, you can buy as many copies of a single kindle ebook as you want, and send them to the recipients via email.
Mostly that will be kindle owners, but not exclusively. To gift a kindle book with this method, you must place new orders and pay money again. Youll have to visit the kindle store on your desktop. From the kindle store in your desktop browser, select the book y. A new kindle store feature lets you give a single kindle book to multiple recipients. With your kindle clean on the inside and out, its time to get it in the hands of another loving owner. Just in time for the holidays, amazon has made it easy to give a kindle book as a gift. How to give away copies of your kindle ebook on amazon. Nov 19, 2010 to give a kindle book as a gift, customers simply choose a book in the kindle store, select give as a gift and send their gift to anyone with an email address. Free book promotions amazon kindle direct publishing. How to give your kindle books as a gift publishing with. Go to the amazon kindle store and search for the book you want to buy. The recipient can exchange for a gift card if they have already read or dont want the book youve selected to give an ebook, simply select the book you would like to give from the kindle store.
At its heart, what we carry is about one of the greatest gifts any parent can give a child. Im just impressed enough that they are doing the sharing thing. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Do you know how to give a kindle book as a gift giving a kindle book gift is quick, easy, requires no shipping, no storage, and is often less expensive than a paper alternative. Free book promotions after your ebook is enrolled in kdp select, you can run a free book promotion by offering it for free for up to 5 days out of each 90day kdp select enrollment period. How to give a kindle book as a gift joyful homemaking. You can purchase a kindle book and have it delivered to the email address associated with the recipients kindle account. You can choose to email the e book gift to the recipient with a future delivery date. It cost too much especially when you need to buy kindle books as a gift for more than one person. The recipient can read a gifted kindle book only on a. You can only gift your book from the us and to readers in the. Nov 21, 2012 how do i redeem a kindle bookstore gift book code.
On the righthand side of the page, underneath the buy now button, click on the button that says give as a gift. Knowing how to give your amazon kindle book as a gift is useful. You can also rent and gift books for yourself and others from your kindle. And in fact, im reading a book right now that is way off topic so. When you purchase kindle books from amazon, you can go further and complete the surprise gift by having amazon send the book directly to that lucky book. Your subscription will begin automatically upon purchase. If your account is held anywhere else in the world, that button does not exist on your interface. When you purchase kindle books from amazon, you can go further.
Can you give away a kindle book after youre done reading it. Also if i just bought her a book from and clicked to give it as a gift would it be straightforward for her to claim it. Head to amazon and find the kindle version of the book you want to gift. Heres how you purchase a kindle ebook to give as a gift. On the kindle book page, scroll down below the buy. To send a kindle book as a gift, your recipient must be in the same country or region. In these cases, you will be given the option to request an exchange for an gift card on your account during the redemption process. Kindle books are a great gift idea for the special bookworms in your life, especially those who already read e books using their kindle. You can now gift anyone with an email address a kindle book.
Each year for the last couple of years, my husband has given me a 12month subscription to kindle unlimited as part of my christmas gift. Unfortunately people will not always be ready to buy your book if it is full price. You can give this gift to anyone, even if theyre already an audible member. You can only gift your book from the us and to readers in the us. An uplifting, emotional and unpredictable pageturner to give you hope and make you smile rachel marks. Give an ebook as a gift through amazon and it will be sent to your recipient instantly, making kindle books great spontaneous or. Now you can select how you want the book delivered. Kindle head to amazon and find the kindle version of the book you. Hi, my sister has a birthday coming up and a kindle so i was thinking of either getting her a gift certificate so she can redeem for books. This year, however, it seems that particular gift will be missing from under the tree. Nov 29, 20 have an avid reader of ebooks on your gift list this year. Why cant i find the give as a gift option on kindle books. I know you can share a kindle book, but can you give it away completely to another kindle user when you are done reading it.
If you want to gift kindle unlimited, dont go to the regular signup page but to kindle unlimited gift subscription. In this instance, i am showing you my most recent book, listen up, kids. The answer is yes but i want to take a few minutes to explain the options you have to do this. Our system will create an image featuring the book name and front cover, plus a convenient short web link to the book. Nov 10, 2016 yes, kindle unlimited giftgiving it possible. As an example, i am using teresa frohocks excellent dark fantasy, miserere, as an example. To do this, find the book on the kindle store, then copy the asin number which is below the description. If you can drive more sales to your kindle edition by getting others to give it as a gift, the rank for your books sales page will improve and will ultimately lead to more visibility on amazon, thus increasing. How to give a single kindle book to multiple recipients. A give as a gift button is available for most ebooks in the kindle store. Gifts cant be returned by the person who bought them. Weve been waiting for it since what feels like the dawn of time, but amazon uk has finally added the ability to give someone a kindle ebook as a present. Kindles are still the preferred device for serious readers.
How to gift kindle books complete guide epubor ultimate. The first thing youre going to need to do is to find the book that you want to give as a gift. How to give and receive an amazon kindle gift book youtube. Purchase a new amazon device as a gift redeem a kindle book gift buy kindle books for. Nov 19, 2010 amazon issued a release today that customers can now give any of the 725,000 kindle books to anyone with an email address. Is it not possible to gift books from the indian store yet. How to gift kindle books for groups buy a kindle book for multiple recipients. You can no longer give the gift of kindle unlimited the. Often times kindle books are much, much cheaper than regular books.
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