A Gift For Someone Who Has Everything
Give them something they cannot buy: a record of a part of their life. The conversation you have had for years, printed as a book, is one. A recorded story, a framed first message and a collected recipe are others.
Seven Ideas That Cannot Be Bought Off A Shelf
1. Your Texts As A Book
Years of messages between the two of you, in order, each name beside what was written. Nobody else can give it.
2. A Recorded Story
Ask them to tell the story they always tell, record it, and give them the recording with a printed transcript.
3. The First Message Framed
The first text, the first email, or the first card they ever sent you.
4. A Groupchat Book
For a friend group, the chat that has run for years, printed. Printing a groupchat.
5. A Letter From People They Love
Collect one paragraph from ten people. Print them in a small booklet.
6. A Recipe In Someone's Handwriting
The handwriting is the gift; the recipe is the reason to frame it.
7. Something To Do With A Date
A specific plan with a specific day beats another object.
What do you give someone who has everything?
Give them a record of something they lived, because that is the one thing they cannot buy. Your conversation printed as a book, a recorded story or a framed first message all qualify. Objects they can buy themselves; their own history they cannot.
Is a book of texts a good gift for a man who has everything?
Yes, and it works for a husband, a brother, a father or a best friend. It is every message you have sent each other, in order, and he will read his own jokes back. The hardcover sits on a shelf like any other book.
What if I want them to make the book themselves?
Give a gift card. It arrives by email or prints at home the same day, pays for any edition, and never expires. They make the book from their own conversation, with anyone they choose.
How long can the conversation be?
There is no limit. 700 pages are included in every book, and a longer conversation carries on in a second volume, which you see before you pay.
What does it cost?
The paperback is $49 and the hardcover is $89, with free US shipping. The digital edition by itself is $19, and it comes with every printed book.
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If You Want It As A Book
Pick the conversation, the dates and the cover. A printed book arrives about two weeks after you approve it. Or start with the free receipt.