The Shopping Season has arrived. It used to start on Black Friday, but it sure seems to me that it has been moved back. Way back.
Flyers are advertising “pre-Black-Friday” sales, and many many stores are boasting that they will be open on Thanksgiving, trying to get a jumpstart on those bargain hunters.
Online shopping is certainly a good alternative choice to facing those crowds.
Although I think that a little bit of crowd-mingling can be fun, when it comes to facing checkout lines that are hours long? Not fun. 😯
Considering the calendar I thought it would be timely to revisit a few time-saving how-tos. Specifically how to gift a Kindle book, and also how to gift an app.
How to gift a Kindle Book:
Simply navigate to the book that you would like to give. Look over to the right hand side of the page. You’ll see the option there to “Give as a Gift.”
Once you tap on “Give as a Gift” you will be taken to a screen that looks like the one below. Just fill in your recipient’s email address, and a note from you and you are all set.
Notice that you can choose the delivery date. Your recipient can be notified of your generosity immediately or you can target a particular date for them to be surprised.
If you don’t want to gift a particular book, you can also select an Amazon gift card which is good for purchasing Kindle books as well as merchandise on Amazon.com. To purchase a gift card, just go to the Amazon home page and look across the top. You’ll find a link for gift cards, and you’ll have the option to email it to your recipient or print it out yourself to wrap as a gift.
*remember, you don’t need a Kindle to read a Kindle book. A Kindle App on any device allows the recipient to read a Kindle book.
How to gift an App from the iTunes store:
I’m going to link here to my previous post on App-gifting. The photo examples are a wee bit different for iOS 7 …. but the process is exactly the same.
How to Gift an App from your iPhone or iPad
Once again, you have the option to choose your date of delivery. I like that!
Happy Shopping 🙂
I like this idea. Means I can send books to friends for Christmas
Easy, breezy! 🙂
😀
Happy Shopping, SC. Always great ideas. 😉
So many tempting Black Friday bargains …. hard to resist.
Reblogged this on 4writersandreaders and commented:
BOOKS: The gifts that keep giving… Happy Holidays! ~ Bette A. Stevens http://www.4writersandreaders.com
Thanks so much for the reblog!!!! Greatly appreciated. 🙂
Thanks… Happy Holidays!
and Happy Holidays to you, too! 🙂
Thank you for the information.
You’re very welcome. Hope it was helpful for you.
That’s an easy idea. Hope you have a happy Thanksgiving, Cathy. 🙂