The year-end holiday season is here, and it’s a season of giving. Whether you are buying a Hanukkah gift, a Christmas present, or a gift for Kwanzaa or New Year’s, e-books are an excellent choice for the readers on your list. Here’s a handy gift guide to help you with your shopping list, which includes some of the best gift ideas for readers.
Personal “Stick” Library
The e-Go! Portable Library is one of those fabulous book lover holiday gifts that will make a huge impression because anyone who receives it will probably use it for the rest of their life. They will also likely be surprised by it, because although the portable libraries are wildly popular, many people have still never heard of them.
In case you don’t yet know, these are e-book libraries contained on a USB stick, those little computer memory devices that are also called thumb drives because they are about as small as a thumb. They are light as feather and compatible with virtually any e-book reading device that has a USB port – including tablets, laptops, and desk top computers. There are a few versions of these libraries available, from as little as $49.97, and all of them come with a 100% money back guarantee and free worldwide shipping.
The e-GO! Library is preloaded, with 1,000 of today’s most read book, or you can order the e-GO! Audio Library featuring nearly 2,000 hours of listening pleasure with 550 classic titles read to you. There is an e-GO! KIDS Library, too, which is the ultimate stocking stuffer. Kids don’t need the Internet or Wi-Fi to access more 125 audio books plus 75 classic children’s book, like Alice in Wonderland, The 3 Musketeers, and Treasure Island.
Christmas e-Books
If there was ever a holiday that is depicted in literature, it’s Christmas. There are Christmas stories that date back centuries, like A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It’s about a grouchy and stingy old man named Scrooge nobody liked who underwent a beautiful transformation – and become soft-hearted and generous – thanks to his Christmas experience.
You can download it free on Free-eBooks. net, and while on the site check out a great book for children, The Big Book of Classic Christmas Tales. It’s a treasure trove of stories that children will love about the joys and surprises of Christmas. Two of the great classics in it, for example, are Christmas at Fezziwig’s Warehouse, another Charles Dickens favorite, and The Fir Tree by the world-renowned author Hans Christian Andersen.
Hanukkah e-Books
Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday lasting for eight days, that commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple. Also known as the Festival of Lights, it is celebrated all over the world with the burning of candles in the traditional candlestick known as a Menorah.
Throughout Hanukkah people of all ages gather to enjoy each other’s companionship and engage in lots of feasting, gift-giving, and other fun centered around prayer and lifting up of everyone’s spirits. Clifford Celebrates Hanukkah is a wonderful little children’s book by Norman Bridwell, available on Amazon as a Kindle book, that will teach kids all about the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
Amazon Top Sellers
Each year Amazon.com, which is the world’s largest bookstore, compiles data on bestselling titles and then release a list in December than shows all of them, ranked by popularity. Most of them are available as e-books from the Kindle Store. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins won the coveted top spot, followed by a book that is like a sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey, namely Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian by E.L. James.
The #3 book on the list this year, Go Set a Watchman, is from the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee. while perennial favorite John Grisham and super-popular author Nora Roberts also made the list. Grisham’s book Rogue Lawyer took 7th place, while the Roberts novel The Liar came in 16th. Other noteworthy e-books in the Top 20 are The Girl in the Spider’s Web, Dead Wake, Silent Scream, 14th Deadly Sin, and Old School: Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
