Gifts / Gadgets / Accessories
What do you buy for the reader in your life? Whether you're buying a gift for a booklover, suggesting a gift, or buying a book accessory for your own use, these picks and tips offer lots of ideas for birthdays, holidays, or just about any time of the year. Read on.
Book Bags: Backpack, Shoulder Bags & Carrying Cases
Books bags offer the space and comfort, so you can carry the books you're reading--along with pens, highlighters, bookmarks, book flags, journals, and notebooks. Find book bags, backpacks, shoulder bags, and carrying cases. Take your books wherever you go: to school, work, a cafe, on the beach, to the library, at the park, or on a hike.
Books bags offer the space and comfort, so you can carry the books you're reading--along with pens, highlighters, bookmarks, book flags, journals, and notebooks. Find book bags, backpacks, shoulder bags, and carrying cases. Take your books wherever you go: to school, work, a cafe, on the beach, to the library, at the park, or on a hike.
Book Lights
Book lights are essential for every book lover. These lights are perfect for reading while you're on the road, reading in bed, or just enjoying your individual reading in the dark. Here's are top picks for book lights.
Book lights are essential for every book lover. These lights are perfect for reading while you're on the road, reading in bed, or just enjoying your individual reading in the dark. Here's are top picks for book lights.
Book Stands and Book Rests
Whether you're studying for a class, reading a heavy textbook, writing a paper, or reading for pleasure, bookstands and book rests perfect tools to prop up your books and hold your place. You can also prop up your notes as you review for a test, or prepare to write a paper. Take a look.
Whether you're studying for a class, reading a heavy textbook, writing a paper, or reading for pleasure, bookstands and book rests perfect tools to prop up your books and hold your place. You can also prop up your notes as you review for a test, or prepare to write a paper. Take a look.
Bookends
A bookend is placed at the end of a line of books to prop the volumes up. Of course, bookends can also add color and style to your library or bookshelf. A bookend can also make a statement about who you are, or what your interests are. Find a few top bookends.
A bookend is placed at the end of a line of books to prop the volumes up. Of course, bookends can also add color and style to your library or bookshelf. A bookend can also make a statement about who you are, or what your interests are. Find a few top bookends.
Bookmark Collections
Bookmarks are more than just accessories to mark your place in a book. Collect bookmarks with literary quotations, famous works of art, interesting designs, literary scenes, and graphics/photographs of famous writers. A good bookmark can enhance your reading experience. Here are a few bookmarks to start you on your road to discovery...
Bookmarks are more than just accessories to mark your place in a book. Collect bookmarks with literary quotations, famous works of art, interesting designs, literary scenes, and graphics/photographs of famous writers. A good bookmark can enhance your reading experience. Here are a few bookmarks to start you on your road to discovery...
Books Made Into Movies
Great classics like Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" and Homer's "Iliad" have been made into movies. Of course, it's nothing new. Over the years, many fantastic movies have been based on literary classics.
Great classics like Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" and Homer's "Iliad" have been made into movies. Of course, it's nothing new. Over the years, many fantastic movies have been based on literary classics.
Bookshelves & Bookcases - Where to put the books
Where do you keep your books? Do you have enough shelves for all the tomes in your library? Bookshelves and bookcases are the storage places for books, whether your collection is large and far-ranging or just a few volumes. Books need a place to live too! Take a look at these bookshelves and bookcases.
Where do you keep your books? Do you have enough shelves for all the tomes in your library? Bookshelves and bookcases are the storage places for books, whether your collection is large and far-ranging or just a few volumes. Books need a place to live too! Take a look at these bookshelves and bookcases.
Christmas Miniature Books
Christmas is the time to enjoy some of the most famous Christmas stories. Read "A Christmas Carol" and "The Gift of the Magi," along with other collections of Christmas classics. Enjoy reading these little books, or buy them for friends or family. These miniature books are perfect stocking stuffers. Read on.
Christmas is the time to enjoy some of the most famous Christmas stories. Read "A Christmas Carol" and "The Gift of the Magi," along with other collections of Christmas classics. Enjoy reading these little books, or buy them for friends or family. These miniature books are perfect stocking stuffers. Read on.
Classic Miniature Gift Books
If you're searching for a small gift that goes a long way, why no look at these miniatures. You'll find the perfect gift in these small volumes--whether you're looking for inspiration, a book about friendship, blessings, myths, wisdom, traveling, your favorite pet, Mark Twain, or Shakespeare. Read on!
If you're searching for a small gift that goes a long way, why no look at these miniatures. You'll find the perfect gift in these small volumes--whether you're looking for inspiration, a book about friendship, blessings, myths, wisdom, traveling, your favorite pet, Mark Twain, or Shakespeare. Read on!
Favorite Pens
You'll always need a pen when you're reading and writing about books and literature. When you're writing in your journal, taking notes, and/or writing your literature paper, you'll want to have a pen that's just right for you. Pens come in every shape and size from companies like Aurora, Conklin, Faber-Castell, Fisher, Lamy, Namiki, Parker, Pelikan, Pilot, Rotring, Sailor, Sensa, Waterford, Waterman, Waldman, Sheaffer, and Zebra. Here are just a few of my favorite pens.
You'll always need a pen when you're reading and writing about books and literature. When you're writing in your journal, taking notes, and/or writing your literature paper, you'll want to have a pen that's just right for you. Pens come in every shape and size from companies like Aurora, Conklin, Faber-Castell, Fisher, Lamy, Namiki, Parker, Pelikan, Pilot, Rotring, Sailor, Sensa, Waterford, Waterman, Waldman, Sheaffer, and Zebra. Here are just a few of my favorite pens.
Large-Print Collections - Classics
With all those tiny words filling up the pages of your favorite classics, what are you to do? You can use a magnifier or reading glasses. Or, you can read large-print editions. Read on.
With all those tiny words filling up the pages of your favorite classics, what are you to do? You can use a magnifier or reading glasses. Or, you can read large-print editions. Read on.
Literary Cookbooks
Whether the characters are eating, drinking, or in other ways making merry, food is an important part of many novels, poems, and other literary works. Taste the flavors of books and literature along with some of my most favorite characters and greatest literary masters. Read more about cooking and literature!
Whether the characters are eating, drinking, or in other ways making merry, food is an important part of many novels, poems, and other literary works. Taste the flavors of books and literature along with some of my most favorite characters and greatest literary masters. Read more about cooking and literature!
Magnifiers
Magnifiers are essential resources for every reader, no matter what your age. With just a simple device, you can spare your eyes the discomfort and strain of squinting to see that small print on the page. When you're studying textbooks and literary classics all day and all night, even the best eyes could use assistance. Here, you'll find a few magnifiers that should help you read.
Magnifiers are essential resources for every reader, no matter what your age. With just a simple device, you can spare your eyes the discomfort and strain of squinting to see that small print on the page. When you're studying textbooks and literary classics all day and all night, even the best eyes could use assistance. Here, you'll find a few magnifiers that should help you read.
Mark Twain Gifts (Samuel Clemens)
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) was famous for his wit and wisdom, with books like "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1884), "The Innocents Abroad" (1869), "Roughing It" (1872), and other works. The books and other products related to Mark Twain still inspire almost-fanatical devotion after all these years. Here are a few top picks that you can buy yourself, or lay aside for the Mark Twain fan or reader in your life. Read on.
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) was famous for his wit and wisdom, with books like "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1884), "The Innocents Abroad" (1869), "Roughing It" (1872), and other works. The books and other products related to Mark Twain still inspire almost-fanatical devotion after all these years. Here are a few top picks that you can buy yourself, or lay aside for the Mark Twain fan or reader in your life. Read on.
Mark Twain Gifts
Find T-shirts, bags, magnets, buttons, and more--all related to Mark Twain.
Find T-shirts, bags, magnets, buttons, and more--all related to Mark Twain.
Page Markers: Flags, Arrows & Post-its
Page markers are essential tools for every reader. Flag your favorite quotes; mark memorable passages; and highlight confusing episodes in the story, so you can come back to re-read them later. Whether you're studying a book for a literature class, or reading the book for your own personal pleasure, use these page markers to get the most out of your literary experience.
Page markers are essential tools for every reader. Flag your favorite quotes; mark memorable passages; and highlight confusing episodes in the story, so you can come back to re-read them later. Whether you're studying a book for a literature class, or reading the book for your own personal pleasure, use these page markers to get the most out of your literary experience.
PDAs for Ebook Reading
With the latest technology, it's becoming easier and more cost-effective to download and read classic novels, stories, poems and other works of literature on a PDA (personal digital assistant). That's why a PDA is the perfect gift for the reader in your life. Or, you may want to drop hints, so you can find a PDA in your Christmas stocking. Here are a few top PDAs for reading ebooks and etext. Read on.
With the latest technology, it's becoming easier and more cost-effective to download and read classic novels, stories, poems and other works of literature on a PDA (personal digital assistant). That's why a PDA is the perfect gift for the reader in your life. Or, you may want to drop hints, so you can find a PDA in your Christmas stocking. Here are a few top PDAs for reading ebooks and etext. Read on.
Reading Glasses
Even if you have great eyesight now, you may find yourself squinting after hours of studying or reading small print. Reading glasses allow you to read books more easily--whether you're just tired, reading small print, or really feeling the normal side-effects of spending many years with your nose buried in a book. Here are a few reading glasses. Buy a pair for yourself, or give the gift of reading glasses. Read on!
Even if you have great eyesight now, you may find yourself squinting after hours of studying or reading small print. Reading glasses allow you to read books more easily--whether you're just tired, reading small print, or really feeling the normal side-effects of spending many years with your nose buried in a book. Here are a few reading glasses. Buy a pair for yourself, or give the gift of reading glasses. Read on!