Book token
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A book token is a form of gift voucher redeemable in participating bookshops as an alternative to cash, as a means of exchange in a transaction involving the purchase of a book or books.
The first book token was launched in the UK in 1932. It was invented by Harold Raymond, an English publisher who was disappointed at only receiving three books among more than 100 presents one Christmas in the 1920s.[1] This book token has now grown into one of the largest multi-retail gift vouchers and was renamed "National Book Tokens" in 2000, the year the token was also sold online for the first time by firstbookshop.com National book token gift voucher schemes also run in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands and Norway.
[edit] References
- ^ Mangan, Lucy (2007-11-17). "An appreciation of a token". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,2210824,00.html. Retrieved on 2007-12-25.
