5 Last Minute Gift Ideas for Readers

By Dianna Dilworth 

If you have been reading instead of shopping for Christmas presents, there are plenty of great last minute gift options for the readers on your list, and you don’t have to go to a store to do it.

We’ve put together a list of five last minute gift ideas for readers that you can purchase and have delivered in time for tomorrow’s holiday without having to leave your home.

We’ve got the whole list after the jump.

5 Last Minute Gift Ideas For Readers

1. Give an e-book. Did you read a great book this year that you’d like to share with someone on your list? Send them the Kindle, Nook or iBook edition. We’ve mapped out how to send an e-book at this link.

2. Give a Scrib Subscription. Scrib offers readers access to more than 500,000 e-books from thousands of publishers for $8.99 a month.

3. Give a Subscription to The Believer. For $45 a year, you can buy the reader on your list six issues, some of which are themed and come with bonus items. Follow this link to subscribe.

4. Give The New Yorker subscription. The New Yorker is full of great content including excellent fiction. They also make it easy to give a subscription to a friend for $69.99 a year for 47 issues. Pay $12 more for unlimited digital access.

5. Give Amazon Prime. Amazon’s loyalty program costs $99 a year. In exchange you get free two-day shipping on many Amazon purchases, plus unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows, as well as the ability to borrow books from the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library.