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Old 12-30-2011, 01:35 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by vferdman View Post
BTW, my definition of advertizing in this context is ads by third party for things that may or may not be related to literature. What both B&N and Kobo do is "suggest" books from their own store. These are supposed to be somewhat targeted to your particular interests. I am not crazy about this kind of peddling, but at the same time I can't call this "advertizing" with the annoying connotations this entails. I think both devices should get rid of that "feature" or at least make it optional (disable-able?)
I agree with your description. It is not like they ask the reader to buy a vacuum cleaner or a microwave oven, the banner displays books based on your recent purchases. I also agree that it would be nice to have an on/off setting for the banner but, honestly, I never go to the home screen, so I couldn't care less - I only use the library and the reader.

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