Apple has added the ability to gift ebooks to friends and family through the iBookstore, reports Macworld. Users have long been able to purchase songs, movies or TV shows through iTunes, as well as standard gift cards, but the ability to gift a particular book is new.
Books can be gifted immediately, or the gift email notification can be held for a particular date, making holiday shopping particularly easy. Apple added the ability to gift App Store apps back in 2010.
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Gifting in the iBookstore works identically to Apple’s iTunes and App Store counterparts: Just choose the book you’d like to gift, then tap either the dropdown arrow next to the price (on a Mac) or the Share button (on an iOS device). On a Mac, select “Gift This Book”; on iOS, choose “Gift”—then add the recipient’s email, the sender’s name, a brief message, and the date you want it sent (now, or later). One note: On iOS, it looks like you have to tap the “Today” field under “Send Gift” in order to change to a different date.
Users can only purchase gifts for recipients using their same country store; there is no ability to gift books internationally.
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Here's a thought, a lot of gifts are supposed to be a surprise.
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That would make corporate purchases for much easier!
The issue is: does 'verbing' make sense when we already have words that will do?
"It's now possible to give a book from the iBookstore" (If I give you a book it's a gift, wouldn't you say?)
"It's now possible to gift a book from the iBookstore"
What's the point of the latter, when the former is perfectly clear?
http://grammar.about.com/od/grammarfaq/f/verbingfaq.htm
I'm hoping that someone will reply "It's not that big of a deal" to make my day complete.
Apple also needs to add the Wishlist feature to the iOS app of iBooks as well as the Mac App Store.