tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905794193248540231.post6839919752633343098..comments2023-06-03T09:02:32.479+01:00Comments on Music Obsessive: Celebrity Book Tokensmusic obsessivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16191742084494035205noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905794193248540231.post-60441797917072789802010-01-13T02:59:41.639+00:002010-01-13T02:59:41.639+00:00Like you, I'm absolutely dismayed at the amoun...Like you, I'm absolutely dismayed at the amount of rubbish celebrity books proliferating book stores at the moment. Thankfully, my eyes are blind to such.<br /><br />We don't have book tokens in Australia but we do have gift certificates for particular stores. I like receiving these as there are very few things I enjoy more than spending time browsing through my favourite book/graphic novel store. However, I can appreciate the disappoint children must feel to receive such a gift.<br /><br />YourZYourZenMinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08573065866540263511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905794193248540231.post-13758683682855678592010-01-12T13:47:34.980+00:002010-01-12T13:47:34.980+00:00Sorry Charlie - looks like this one got lost in tr...Sorry Charlie - looks like this one got lost in translation. Book tokens are gift certificates that allow the holder to purchase books up to a credit limit at any store. That is, the currency amount attaches itself to the books, not the store. Hope that clears it up.<br /><br />Perplexio - I too, like to book-browse but I'm afraid that the likes of Amazon are far cheaper and hold a bigger stock so that's where my money goes these days.music obsessivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16191742084494035205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905794193248540231.post-57838377713712337062010-01-12T13:09:04.423+00:002010-01-12T13:09:04.423+00:00The Yankee asks what are book tokens? Are they gif...The Yankee asks what are book tokens? Are they gift certificates? In America they are cards with a specific dollar amount you can use to buy merchandise at a particular stare. They are quite popular at book stores>.Charlie Riccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06930103645729165149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905794193248540231.post-7210071794543395852010-01-12T13:02:14.641+00:002010-01-12T13:02:14.641+00:00I've not seen quite the same trend here. Yes ...I've not seen quite the same trend here. Yes there are the celebrity penned books (which I'm guessing were actually ghost-written by people who actually CAN write and not the celebrities themselves) but they don't seem to pollute the bookstore to the same level of excess that you describe. <br /><br />Over here the issue is more with celebrities recommending books... Like Oprah's Book Club, Today Show recommended books, etc. It's great that Oprah and the hosts on the Today Show are getting people to read. And sometimes their selections are actually pretty good (although Oprah's selections tend to be predictable in that they involve rape, child abuse, or some other depressing subject).<br /><br />I try to stick to Amazon for my book shopping as the prices are better but I miss the feel of browsing through books in a real bookstore when doing that.Perplexiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09971805688658949769noreply@blogger.com