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Originally Posted by stonetools
I think the ad haters have two problems. I think they really do seem to think the new ebook ads will be just print ads in a different form
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Nope I bet they'll be by magnitudes more annoying, we all see what happened with the web and TV don't we?
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as if fresh ads can't be downloaded every day or ads can't be tailored to the viewer's profile.
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If the reader was smart enough to buy a device that gives its seller no ability to twerk the content (*cough* 1984? Amazon and you are
screwed err I mean
done of course) there is no nasty
spying ehm tailoring to the profile.
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Originally Posted by sabredog
What a load of crock
I have not had to put up with ads in paperback novels for FORTY years and I am not going to put up with them in ebooks I buy now or in the future.
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replace that 40 with
all my life and you have me too
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Originally Posted by sabredog
Do you want to know why readers are opposed to ads in ebooks? Readers of novels want to be immersed in the story line and not interrupted by a bloody ad for a packet of Doritos. It might work for a magazine which consists of articles, but not a novel.
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if he were a reader he'd know that, but I suppose he isn't allowed to read while work hours
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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
characterizing people who disagree with you as "ad-haters"
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and
thieves, don't forget that
we all are potential criminals and filesharers
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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
or people who agree with you as "wise authors" or "wise businessmen" shows...
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Even if it doesn't clearly show it hints a lot, doesn't it?
AFAIR the anglophonic variant of the proverb I have in mind now was "Who pays the piper calls the tune."