"Give the gift of books...."

[Ttaskmaster]

...except if you're in the UK!

Seriously, why can we not gift a Kindle eBook here??!!
Is there some law against it, some addition tax on gifting already-taxed digital media?

Can one at least buy the eBook and send it to someone's Kindle email address?

[g8ina]

Yep, daft innit. You can only send them to your own registered Kindle.

[Ttaskmaster]

So I literally cannot buy my Mrs a Kindle Book unless I log in to her Amazon account?

This must be a UK thing, as the US site does let you gift these... but it also knows you're in the UK and won't let you buy US!

[Zak33]

you can lend them....

so buy it yourself and then log into Kindle and lend it.. then you lose it and they get it

assumig you don't put a dirty tea cup on it, it should look good as new when you lend it to her

[Smudger]

If your Amazon account is linked to hers, she can see and read everything in your library. It's called Kindle Household or something. But it's a bit naff.

"Here you go love, I give you the gift of reading some books I've already bought for myself"

Edit: Here's a link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/cus...deId=201620400

[Ttaskmaster]

But what if I don't even have an Amazon account, let alone my own Kindle?

[Smudger]

Ah, that would put a spanner in the works.