Book token

Book token

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. [cite web |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,2210824,00.html |title=An appreciation of a token |date=2007-11-17|accessdate=2007-12-25 |last=Mangan |first=Lucy |coauthors= |publisher=The Guardian] 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.comNational book token gift voucher schemes also run in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands and Norway.

References

External links

* [http://www.booktokens.co.uk Official UK website]
* [http://www.eden.co.uk/booktokens Book Tokens Shop]


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  • book token — ➔ token1 * * * book token UK US noun [C] UK COMMERCE ► a document worth a particular amount of money that can only be used to buy books: »She gave me a £20 book token for my birthday …   Financial and business terms

  • book token — book .token n BrE a card that you can exchange for books ▪ She gave me a book token for Christmas …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • book token — book ,token noun count BRITISH a piece of paper of a particular value that can be used for buying books in a BOOKSTORE, usually given as a present …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • book token — noun a gift voucher that can be exchanged for books costing up to an amount given on the voucher • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • book token — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms book token : singular book token plural book tokens British a piece of paper of a particular value that can be used for buying books in a bookshop, usually given as a present a £10 book token …   English dictionary

  • book token — noun (C) BrE a card that you can exchange for books: My aunt always gives me a book token for Christmas …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • ˈbook ˌtoken — noun [C] British a piece of paper that you can use for buying books in a BOOKSHOP. You give a book token to someone as a present …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • book token — /ˈbʊk toʊkən/ (say book tohkuhn) noun a gift token for books to a stated value …  

  • book token — voucher to purchase a book with …   English contemporary dictionary

  • book token — noun Brit. a voucher which can be exchanged for books costing up to a specified amount …   English new terms dictionary

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