Books = Gifts, , now has a video compilation of many different authors telling you exactly why that is. Elmo, Martha Stewart, Jon Stewart, Barbara Walters, Dean Koontz, Maya
Angelou, Mary Higgins Clark, Kathie Lee Gifford, Bill O’Reilly,
Christopher Paolini, Frank McCourt, Arianna Huffington, Deepak Chopra,
Julie Andrews, Cesar Millan, Carol Higgins Clark, Alec Baldwin, Deidre
Imus, Jim Cramer, Nora Ephron, Dan Brown, Judy Blume, Jonathan Lethem,
Scott Westerfeld, Rachael Ray and John Lithgow all confide to you their reasons for giving a book.
Personal favorite: Jon Stewart. “”Books make great gifts because they are an amazing way to kill time while your Web site is buffering.”
The site also lists many more reasons, plus links to lots of top ten lists for hints on what to get your friends and family this holiday season.
If those aren’t enough reasons, you can also try Books are Great Gifts for links to many more publishers.