Thread: Should writers give up on getting paid for their writing?
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Old 04-05-2012, 02:48 PM   #75
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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan View Post
The ad doesn't have to be IN the ebook. It can be visible at the purchase/download point, and never seen again.

(I wish everyone would stop freaking that every book is going to have pop-up ads and product placement embedded in each page. Sheesh.)

Amazon has filed a patent for ad-supported ebooks. I don't think they did that as an academic exercise:

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As for product placement, heh:

"The action hero paused while loading his Glock to drink a refreshing Coke. He then checked the weather app on his Verizon HTC Thunderbolt, pulled on his Timberline boots, shrugged into his Banana Republic jacket, and headed out to his Jeep Grand Cherokee."
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