I've been buying e-books in earnest a lot lately.

There are a couple of reasons, but one is that my whole house is overflowing with books and I'm getting seriously depressed, and the other is that it meets my need to read quickly.

In particular, I've been buying a lot of specialized books.

I work in a multi-display environment (four displays, to be exact).

When I'm writing a column, I find it very useful to have the e-book on the right side of my computer screen while I'm writing on the left side display.

It's also easier to quote if I use copypes.

Especially for program textbooks, it's helpful to be able to copy and paste the source code to compile and build.

(Some books can't be copied and pasted. They annoy me)

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Some of them are not even available as ebooks on Amazon. In that case, I have to buy the PDF from the publisher.

In that case, it is the "payment" that is troublesome.

It's easy if I just make it a "card payment", but it's awkward to get "electronic money" involved.

Having more types of e-money is a hassle.

There is a psychological resistance to the input of the card number, address, name, and phone number registration information, and especially the management of the password is annoying.

In the first place, most of the electronic money cannot be exchanged between individuals.

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In such a situation, recently, I think it's convenient, Amazon gift certificate (charge type).

Simply create a gift certificate in increments of one yen and send it to the recipient via email, and the process is complete.

However, because it is a gift certificate that can only be used on Amazon, it is not suitable for a high amount of money transfer, but if it is a small amount, it is convenient to use.

In the future, children's pocket money and even new year's gift may be given in gift certificates for such online services.

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If so, the paradigm of "new year's gift" may change.

For example,

On January 1, the children presented the contents of KPI (Key Performance Indicator) and on January 1 of the following year, we adults will determine the amount of the New Year's gift by judging how well we have achieved the KPI goal.

As a KPI, the

going to be able to do the "back-hip circle"

going to do the "double jump" of jumping rope 10 times in a row

Getting regulars in club activities

Prep school examinations deviations

Passing or failing the school of your choice for the examination

I think there are a lot of things we can do.

If it's too hard for your child to show the results reflected in a monetary value, we can change them from a "gift certificate" to a "product".

For example, one way to penalize an elementary school child is to give them a "canned set" or "frozen crabs for the crab pot".

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"Don't think you're going to get your money easy"

I think it's a very good "adult harassment" to turn "the biggest fun event of the New Year" into "the first worst and worst event of the first year".