Book-Themed Nightlight du Jour

Found at ReadingAsBreathing via Obscure Book Blog via shroomssavedmymind

‘Tis the Season

…for, among other things, giving gifts.

For sources of ideas for gifts designed specifically for booklovers, see the list of links (temporarily) featured on the right-hand side of the blog.

And if you’ve already purchased a gift this year for the booklover in your life (whether that’s someone else…or yourself!), and need to find these resources later on (for a booklover’s birthday, say), these links are permanently available in the blog’s Booklover’s Toolbox. (Just scroll down to the heading Gifts & Gadgets for Book Lovers.

(Note: The nifty gift idea pictured above is being sold by any of the vendors we’ve listed: this particular “gadget” is being sold (for $69!) at Restoration Hardware, a fact we were alerted to by Flavorwire.)

Bookish Cellphone Charger

Plenty of booklovers own cellphones. (Some booklovers even read their books – or some of them, anyway – on their cellphones.)

If you own an iPhone, did you know you can buy a charger that looks like a book? Details.

Found at BookRiot

Bumper Stickers for Reading Enthusiasts

These are just a few of the many bumper stickers available from various purveyors of book-related gifts. For a semi-comprehensive list of such merchants, click on the Booklover’s Toolbox tab at the top of this blog, and look for the links listed under the heading Gifts and Gadgets for Booklovers.

Found via Entomology of a Bookworm

Another Great Source for Bibliophilic Gifts

Although The Literary Gift Company is based in the United Kingdom, it ships its merchandise worldwide, so those of us here across the pond can shop this store’s wares.

There are plenty of different types of gifts here, and the store’s stock is searchable by item type as well as by price range.

And if you don’t find the perfect gift for yourself or a book-loving friend or family member, there are plenty of other sources of gift ideas in the Booklover’s Toolbox, listed under the heading “Gifts & Gadgets for Booklovers, Literary-Themed.”

Found via Shelf Awareness

Jewelry for Booklovers

Flavorwire has posted several items, like this book ring, that would be a perfect present for any bibliophile. You can lots more gift ideas for booklovers (not limited to jewelry) at the Booklover’s Toolbox under the heading GIFTS & GADGETS FOR BOOKLOVERS.

Found via Shelf Awareness

Ideas for Gifts for Booklovers

The gift-giving season being soon upon us, why not surprise your book-loving family members and friends with literary-themed gifts this year?

To cite a single example, Penguin Books is selling a set of postcards featuring reproductions of one hundred of their famous paperback classics.

You can find dozens of other ideas in the “Booklover’s Toolbox” section of this blog: click on that tab at the top of the screen, then scroll down to the links grouped under the heading “Gifts for Booklovers, Literary-Themed.”

And be sure to email us with any links to additional sources you think we should list there!

An Interesting Mail-Order Store for Booklovers

Back before there was an Internet, many adult bibliophiles in the United States would eventually stumble upon what would become their favorite mail-order source for books and book-related gifts, and would subsequently look forward to receiving these companies’ tempting catalogs.

Fortunately, most of these companies migrated to the Internet, making   succumbing to the aforementioned tempting offerings even more convenient. (Unfortunately, some of the best mail-order firms didn’t survive very long into the Internet Era: does anybody else fondly remember the The Common Reader, now, alas, defunct?)

Among the survivors catering to the die-hard booklover is ‘the champion of the odd little book,  Bas Bleu, headquartered in Ohio since it was established in 1994.

If you’re not already familiar with the company, you may want to give the Bas Bleu website a look-see. We won’t be surprised if you end up bookmarking it, and maybe even signing up to receive the company’s paper catalog.

At the very least, we predict you will see a few titles you might want to borrow from Ye Local Public Library!

What’s your favorite mail-order bookseller’s catalog? (Click on the comment button below to share your enthusiasm with other booklovers.)

Bedside Nightstand

This useful piece of furntiture might seem a bit pricey at $200, but an avid reader who does a good bit of reading in bed (or who habitually does most of his/her reading in a particular couch or chair), might consider it a worthwhile investment.

Besides holding so many items that can be handily retrieved without toppling wobbly piles, this puppy takes up less than two square feet of floor space!

Found at bookofjoe, whose author found it in the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog.