Of the books I read in the past year, the bulk were strong recommendations by friends who then proceeded to say, no really, read this, and then GAVE ME the book

Of the books I read in the past year, the bulk were strong recommendations by friends who then proceeded to say, no really, read this, and then GAVE ME the book. If the Kindle platform eventually gained the ability to "give" your copy to a single other user (who could then give it again) then I would buy. Without even that very limited re-sale right, I could care less.