Who can do this?
All signed-in accounts give and receive gifts. A one-time gift requires a friendship, a reward gift does not. You cannot give a gift to yourself, and blocked accounts are excluded.
Sending and receiving gifts
With Bookworms you give items to other authors as gifts, optionally with a short message.
What is it for?
The “Gifts” tab of the Bookworms economy has two parts: “Send a gift” and “Received gifts”. Items in the categories “One-time gift” and “Reward gift” can be given as gifts. The selection list shows the current price in Bookworms for each item; for a reward gift, it can differ from the regular price.
You enter the recipient as “DisplayName#Tag”, pick the item under “Select an item…” and optionally write a message of at most 280 characters. With “Send” you pay the price. A one-time gift only goes to friends and appears for the recipient under “Received gifts”, where they mark it as delivered with “Acknowledge”. A reward gift lands directly in the person’s inventory, even without a friendship.
If the name cannot be found, someone has blocked you, or a one-time gift lacks the friendship, Illumentis reports the same general error message, so that nobody can guess the reason.
How it works
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Open “Bookworms Economy” and switch to “Gifts”.
What you see afterwards: “Send a gift” and “Received gifts” appear.
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Enter the person as “DisplayName#Tag” and choose an item under “Select an item…”.
What you see afterwards: The price appears after the item name.
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Optionally write a message and choose “Send”.
What you see afterwards: “Gift sent.” appears; your balance goes down.
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As the recipient, choose “Acknowledge” on a received gift.
What you see afterwards: It then says “Acknowledged”.
Your data
Illumentis stores the gift, the message and the timestamp. The spend appears in your history as “Gift sent”. For the recipient, the list shows the item and the message; the list does not show a sender name.
Limits
The message can have at most 280 characters. Giving gifts is limited by frequency; the operator sets the values. A gift that has been sent cannot be taken back in the interface. Only items that count as giftable are offered.
Frequently asked questions
Who can I send a one-time gift to?
Only friends. A reward gift also works without a friendship.
Where does a reward gift end up?
Directly in the recipient’s inventory, with the origin “Received as a gift”.
Can I see who sent me a gift?
The list of received gifts shows the item and the message, not a sender name.
Can I take a gift back?
Not in the interface.