Do you give books for presents?

I always give and receive books as presents for birthdays and Christmas. In fact, the very first present I have given to eat of my grandchildren has been a chewable book (that´s what I call them) They are the kind of plastic books with 4 leaves that the baby can take to the tub and "read" while he´s being bathed. Then come the hard leaves books for children up to 3 years old. And so on. I take care of the font size for older readers. Maybe U could be prejudiced: I´m a writer in my native language.

Nothing can take the place of a good book, whether it's an ereader or a movie. If people like books, they like books. I always give books because they're always on the list for my kids and grandkids. I have a few on my wish list, too. Ours is a reading family and I'm glad of it.

I give books to my kids and grand kids all the time. My daughter says the best gift she ever got...was when she was about 6th grade...we were really short on money, so I started in August going to the library every thursday and going through the shelves of "books for sale" that they disgarded from the library and would sell them. I collected books for both my kids and at christmas..filled (yes completely filled) a box (a box I got from work that held reams of paper)with books! I wrapped it and they opened it and she was totally amazed. She couldn't stop looking at them and flipping through them all. I, at the time, was just glad I was able to get her something she liked. It wasn't until years later on our first christmas that she got married (with her new husband in the family) and we were all talking about our favorite gift we ever got. THat was when she said about this gift and said it was her best gift ever and she'll never forget it! Here a "yard sale" type of a box of books...was her favorite gift ever! Books are great.

I will buy books for my friends that I know like to read. I'll buy a book for someone if they change their mind a lot about things they're interested in. But then there are those few people that I know that will feel insult if you buy them a book. Funny thing is I like books, but I never get them as gifts.

I love books! Specially ones about Computer Science or Science in general. I wouldn't mind having a book as a present from someone, but I'm not sure if that applies to 95% of earth inhabitants :P It also depends on the age of the person you're giving the book to. The number of people who like reading increases with age I believe. For example, I wouldn't get my teenager cousin a book for his birthday, but I would definitely do that for my Grandfather. He is a book collector of some sort.

Hello Good Evening. I really appreciate your gesture of presenting a good book to a friend. This type of presenting books as presents though appears to be sidelined over other things like Mobile Phones etc , there are people who still likes to have good books as their presents. This is very true like presentation of good motivational books especially to youngsters. WISH YOU AND ALL IN YOUR FAMILY A HAPPY PROSPEROUS AND PEACEFUL NEW YEAR 2012. With Regards Samaritan123

Yes, definitely! Books will always be in vogue no matter how much people download online reading material. Though this sounds optimistic and I don’t really know whether my son’s grandkids would actually ever hold a book in their hand, but to me and many others, a good book is one of the most appreciated gifts ever. I’m trying to ward off the onslaught of technology on my son; I take him often to book stores just to browse and feel the books, the school library has plenty of appropriate good reads and we make it a point to visit the annual book fair in our city where the crowd is just awesome. I truly believe that if inculcated properly in our children, books are here to stay and be appreciated forever.

I have given books as presents, as I knew the person enjoyed reading and would enjoy the book that I got them. I wouldn't give a book to someone I knew wouldn't enjoy or appreciate the gift.

I nearly always give books to my grandchildren. Bought my oldest grandaughter a set of classics this year. She's not really old enough to appreciate them right now but hopefully she will one of these days.HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Well..err.. there are still book lovers like me! I would love to receive books..though sad to say no one gives me any books lately.. i guess there aren't that much book lovers around me anymore. But i gave a friend, a book just last Christmas. I know how much she loves books like i do..so i gave her one.

Some of my most treasured gifts (and possessions in general) are books. They're wonderful. I know my 20-years-younger nephews probably wouldn't agree and would probably wonder where the "on" button is, but I think a book is a wonderful gift.

I suppose i would give books as my presents.Reading book is a good habit and thus everyone should keep going.We can learn a lot from those books,and it's our second teacher.I enjoy the pleasure of reading it,it makes me feel relaxed and comfortabel.Anyway,hope this will help.lol

I love reading so this is great for me! I give books to my children too and they love them. For me books never get old! Some people that dont like to read I wouldnt get a book for them but for people that like reading of course I do! =)

Yes, I do, but usually with something else. I try to find books that they would really enjoy, most of the time something from childhood that meant something to them. The books are used mostly since they are no longer in print and are probably paperback. Because the condition is very good- but not new, I treat it as more like a thoughtful consideration in addition to the other gift. Sometimes it's obvious they appreciate the book more. I recently found the complete set of Little House on the Prairie books for my wife. The collection was new and still in the original packaging. She loved it.

Yes there are books and then books. I think you have to be be very intune to buy the right book for the right person then your present would be a big hit..A friend of mine who is a big book reader has just bought a new electronic thing that stores books that she will get on line, I am not sure that would be the same as having the actual book.

tHANK U, i try to be the best, lol. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO U & YOUR FAMILY.

Well, it depends who you give - I love books myself an used to give books as presents, but for those who hate reading books, it would be the worse present ever!