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Originally Posted by HarryT
In the past, advertising was a perfectly normal way to help sell novels, of course. All the popular 19th century British novelists used to sell their books in either monthly or weekly installments in magazines which were heavily supported by advertising. You'd read a page of Dickens' latest "epic" and then, before you got to the next page, be faced with a double-page spread advertising household cleaning products or toothpaste!
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I think in that case it makes sense, serialized stories supported by advertising. However in a book the ads would get out of date quite quickly. Though I guess it could be interesting to open up an eBook in 5-10 yrs to re-read it and find an ad at the begining for "Fancy Smanzy Computer for *only* $300" and realize that your current eBook Reader does everything the computer use to do, but with a better screen and only cost $200.
