How to gift a book i have purchased

I purchased a book on Itunes and downloaded it to my IPad. I loved the book and now want to give a copy to a friend. Can I 1) give him my copy of the book, or 2) if not, how can I buy him a copy and sned it to him?

thanks for your answer. To be more specific, I was describing an electronic version of a book that I read on an IPad. I liked the book and wanted to buy a copy for a friend.I understand I cannot give him my copy, as I could with a hardcopy version. I was trying to figure out how to do this in ITunes Store. the tricky  part is that if I go to the book in the store, the store  shows me that I already have bought the book--it does not give me the option to buy it again, but only to download it.
it seems to be possible to give music or movies "as a gift" in the ITunes Store, but not to give a book as a gift.

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