Useful Christmas Gift Ideas For Book Lovers

Many who know book lovers will probably not even think twice about choosing to give them a book as a Christmas gift. Of course, there's really nothing wrong with that at all and the book lover will surely appreciate getting books as presents. 

However, there are some things that you might want to take into consideration before heading for the nearest bookstore, online or otherwise, and purchasing the first book that you see for the bookworm that you know.

Of course, you also want the person to enjoy the book they're going to be getting for Christmas so you don't want to end up getting them something that they won't even read because they don't like the genre or for some other such reason.

If you don't have access to this information, then it might be a better idea to get your bookworm something else as a Christmas present unless you can ask someone or even the intended recipient of your book gift what kind of book you should be getting him or her for Christmas.

Some might be thinking that they couldn't possibly go wrong with getting their book lovers novels that are popular and well-known especially those that are highly-rated and talked about in the news and even those books that have been turned into movies.

Depending on the bookworm in question, this may or may not be a good idea. The book lover that you know may have already read these kinds of books especially if they keep up with this sort of thing. But it can also be that your book lover just may not be interested in these kinds of books.

Besides, these aren't the only kinds of books out there. There are so many other kinds of books that some may be unknown to many others including the bookworm in question and he or she would surely appreciate being introduced to a good new book or new author.

You could give considerably more thought to your Christmas gift, which will surely be appreciated by your book lover. After all, you could opt to give him or her useful gifts that, as a bookworm, he or she, will surely love and cherish. So, what are some of the useful gifts that you can choose to give to a book lover for Christmas?

The item featured above is an example of what is known as a floating bookshelf. As you can see in the image below, this bookshelf is meant to be placed on the wall. The books placed on this bookshelf will not fall and will remain exactly where they are.

With the L-shape of this particular bookshelf and the way it is placed on the wall, it gives one the impression that the books on it are floating as they appear to be defying gravity. This bookshelf isn't just cool, it's also very helpful and useful particularly for those that have way too many books and are at a loss as to how to store these books.

Floating bookshelves will allow your book lover to free some space in his or her house as he or she places a multitude of books on these shelves. Depending on how these bookshelves are placed on the walls, they can be a way to add some decoration to an otherwise bare and plain-looking wall.

Those who read paperbacks or hardbound novels will surely appreciate getting a bookmark with which to mark their place in the book so they won't forget which part they're reading or, if they didn't forget, they can easily find it again without having to peruse through a number of pages.

While it appears that pretty much anything can be used as a bookmark (such as a random piece of paper), there are those who wouldn't mind getting good-looking bookmarks with beautiful designs. If you're going to give someone a Christmas present though, there's no need to limit yourself to simply bookmarks especially when you can go all out with your gift.

You can do that by giving your bookworm a bookmark, book light and book cover all in one package. This is illustrated by the item that you can see below. With this product, your book lover need not worry about losing their place in the current book they're reading thanks to the bookmark that comes with this item.

And, aside from that and the book cover, they even get a book light, which would enable them to read books pretty much anytime, anywhere without having to worry about it being too dark to see anything.

For those who love reading, it can be easy to lose yourself in the fantasy and magic or in the genre and world of whatever novel you happen to be reading, so much so that you might forget everything and everyone else around you.

There's nothing wrong with reading and it's certainly a good way to pass the time. However, it's also good to be able to take a break from reading every once in a while and take some time to hang out with your friends and family.

Its size and weight also makes it very portable, so much so that you can take it with you pretty much anywhere and everywhere. The built-in light of the Amazon Kindle allows book lovers to be able to easily read their chosen e-book even in the dark.

These are just some of the many wonderful and awesome features that the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 3G has. It has many more features that are sure to delight book lovers especially with how useful and helpful these features can be.

Image Source:

• The 'useful Christmas gift ideas for book lovers' image above was modified by Ceres Schwarz, CC:BY-SA
• The original, unedited image is by yvanchui, CC:BY-SA, via deviantArt
• Rest of the images are enlarged pics of the products from Amazon.com