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Originally Posted by jaxx6166
You've got to be freaking kidding me.
I can tolerate ads in comic books and magazines. But I will not, under ANY circumstances purchase a novel or something similar with any sort of ads in it. Period.
That's like paying for a piece of toilet paper in a bathroom stall. You just don't do it. Or looking up in a public restroom and seeing an ad for Taco Bell plastered on the back door.
Every time I see product placement I get jarred out of the experience.
I'll gladly pay more than $9.99 for a book to have it advertising free. I'll even pay more for DRM free. But I refuse to pay hardcover price for a digital edition that isn't anywhere close to the same keepsake as a true hardcover.
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Lots of pbooks have ads in them-at least lots of the books I read, but I enjoy reading old books. Of course these are ads for books-I'm not sure I've ever seen a book with an ad for furniture, groceries, etc. But what do you think the 'other books by this author' page at the front of many books is, if not an ad? And lots of old books (both hard & soft cover) had explicit ads at the back of the book.
So, IMO it depends on the ads-what they're for & how they're handled. Do it right & I've got no problem with it. Do it wrong & I'll quit buying books from that author/publisher/store. (Depends on who inserts the ads-and it's possible that, with ebooks, each copy could get a different set of ads, possibly tailored to the buyer's preferences, however those might be determined. Hopefully without too much invasion of privacy.)