The Things You Can Read: Holiday Season in Full Swing: Book Lover Gift Giving Tip # Ten

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Monday, December 17, 2012

Holiday Season in Full Swing: Book Lover Gift Giving Tip # Ten

As we all look for unique ways to share our love of books this holiday season we, here at The Things You Can Read, have been scouring the Internet to locate unusual gifts for book lovers to give children and adults of all ages. Today's tip, again, revolves around giving a real physical book, but not just any book, how about a book for the Book Collectors on your list. Check out this rather extensive list on Book Ride, which lists sources for that hard to find book for the real book collector on your list, According to the post on Book Ride:

"Book collecting, thanks to the internet has become a growing pastime open to all, even collectors without a great deal of money (or time.) The Internet has made searching for used or rare books more convenient than ever, and collectors now only have to look to the nearest computer to browse large selections of antique and out-of-print titles. Below are the Top 20 'Must-Use' websites for book collectors, designed to make searching and scoring rare books simple and easy."

Check out Book Ride's post and let us, here at The Things You Can Read, know what book you were able to score for that special book collector on your list!