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Originally Posted by nbvanyoos
I like the price differential between ads versus ad-free works. As an author, I would love for everyone to enjoy my stories for free, but we live in an economy of money, so I need to offset my costs (time, equipment, bandwidth, advertising). However, I envision a "google" like ad model where each chapter header contains a simple graphic that matches the content of the chapter (no, I don't know how), then if a consumer clicks on that ad (eBook with browser support), I get a small token. No clicks, then advertisers don't pay. Content based "google" advertising works on the web and is relatively low-key. A similar model could be applied to eBooks.
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Actually, that would be not so good for you. Google's model goes by ad views, not clicks.
Immagine you write a chapter where the main character goes out to some fancy restaurant. The chapter header-ad will then probably show some kind of weight-reduction thing.
Which I will probably not click on, but store in the back of my mind.
A friend of mine then complains about his weight, and I can then say "hey, I know of a solution" and point them to >insertweightreductioncompanyhere<
You, as the author, should get paid for putting up the ad, not for clicks/purchases.