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Old 03-01-2009, 02:58 AM   #143
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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible View Post
And how about the one type of targeted advertizing that was discussed in an other similar thread? In this, the text is part of advertizing, the same way product placement is featured in some movies. Ex:

- The detective left the building after his investigation was done. As he walked to his car, his eyes lingered slowly on the curvy shapes of a Chevrolet Corvette. He thought, "Why don't we get service cars like that?" -

Of course things like that will not work with classics.
That is subtle advertising, and in 'modern' literature often unavoidable - because it doesn't interrupt the flow of the story. In other words it doesn't intrude.
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