A little hungover
it's raining which is a bit of a downer as I fancy a cigarette and don't smoke indoors. Soon I shall shower and try and order some e-books from amazon.de for my sister who lives in Germany.

She doesn't know she's getting a Kindle for Christmas so I need to
a) find her wishlist on amazon.de
b) navigate from the books she wants to their e-book equivalent
c) purchase them and ensure her wishlist is updated
d) make sure it doesn't send her the download email until Christmas

all with me not speaking any German. Not sure I'm up to the mental challenge just yet - I think last time I mirrored my actions on the UK Amazon in another tab except for the final confirmation but I've never bought e-books before.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 17 Dec 2011, 8:47, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

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That's jolly nice of you.
(Catomiagi is in with a chance, Sat 17 Dec 2011, 8:50, Reply)

Well, I foolishly agreed to this division of labour
without really thinking it through. Now here we are. You don't realise how much of the text on Amazon is pictures of text until you try and run it through Google Translate.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 17 Dec 2011, 9:01, Reply)

Also it appears that buying Kindle Books is very easy if you have a Kindle and are buying for yourself
But I have resorted to emailing Amazon to find out how to buy one for someone else. I might have to download them, upload them to Dropbox or something and then send her a link. :(
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 17 Dec 2011, 9:23, Reply)

Got a quick response:
I understand your concern that you would like to buy a kindle book to gift for your sister.

Please be informed that kindle content cannot be given as a gift on Amazon.co.uk at this time. While gifting Kindle content is not yet offered in the Amazon.co.uk Kindle store, we are working to make it available in the near future. In this case, I have let the Kindle team know that you're interested in gifting kindle content.

Customer feedback like yours helps us continue to improve the service we provide, and we are glad you took time to write to us.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 17 Dec 2011, 9:56, Reply)

So that's me screwed then
I suspect a gift certificate is the way forward - a bit disappointing really.

However I have just had a bacon and egg butty so it's not all bad.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Sat 17 Dec 2011, 9:57, Reply)