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Originally Posted by stonetools
Actually, that's not a sound precedent at all. It's one data point. Ads have worked successfully in many other contexts, including the serialization of novels in ad-supported magazines. What's strange to me is the absolute opposition to the possibility of an ad-supported version, given the likelihood that an ad-free version will be available for those who hate ads. THAT I can't understand.
You should know that many people were just as vehement in their opposition to the KSO, until it was launched .
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It's a very sound precedent, and the only one that is even remotely relevant. Serialisation of novels in magazines works with ads because the very act of serialisation breaks the flow, and thus the addition of ads there has no flow to break. If a novel ebook is serialised and sold in installments, then sure, stack on the ads. Addition of ads within a complete novel ebook will be bound by the failure of the attempt at inserting ads into paperback novels.
People were also vehement in their opposition to ads in paperback novels, and that is a more relevant precedent than the KSO model which is clearly a different model to inserting ads within the actual books themselves.