Question about ads on Kindle devices

TheSmitty · 03-02-2018, 07:45 PM

I have had Kindles over the years. I typically do not mind the ads but it seems to me that I might actually buy something based upon them if they were books in the genre I read most, science fiction. Ads I see are almost exclusively for romance books. Does that happen just to me or do you get ads that are relevant?

HLS · 03-02-2018, 09:15 PM

Yep I get adds that are not relevant to my reading so I paid the $20 to get regular screen savers

Barbara1955 · 03-02-2018, 09:59 PM

Ads are Random they don't bother me.... Better than Dead Authors!

Feb Valentines ... Romance
October Halloween .... Horror
After that about mid Nov you get Christmas!

Those are the Main ones I remember... Bookwise

tomsem · 03-03-2018, 01:48 AM

The main reason to remove ads is so that (if you don’t have a passcode set), Kindle will unlock without having to swipe (using power button or magnetic cover). Also in List view mode there is one more book listed per page. Folklore has it that you only need to call Amazon to get the ads removed at no charge, but I’ve not ever done that.

When Amazon launched Special Offers, there were actually some modestly good deals mixed in. But those went away after a year or so.

Barbara1955 · 03-03-2018, 02:08 AM

tomsem ... It Costs $20 to remove ads...Maybe more since that 2010 price

JSWolf · 03-03-2018, 03:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barbara1955

Ads are Random they don't bother me.... Better than Dead Authors!

Feb Valentines ... Romance
October Halloween .... Horror
After that about mid Nov you get Christmas!

Those are the Main ones I remember... Bookwise

I prefer the book cover to ads or whatever it is Amazon uses in place of ads.

aph · 03-03-2018, 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by tomsem

Folklore has it that you only need to call Amazon to get the ads removed at no charge, but I’ve not ever done that.

Worked for me, only a few days ago. I wanted to remove the special offers and pay the 20$, but the official instructions on how to do it did not work. So I contacted the customer service over chat, explained them the problem, and the guy just removed it with no charge. I'm not in the US, not sure if that is relevant.
Now there are some typewriter macro photographs shown as off-screen. Quite nice.

tomsem · 03-03-2018, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Barbara1955

tomsem ... It Costs $20 to remove ads...Maybe more since that 2010 price

It is still $20. And on newer Kindles the dead authors are gone.

Ricky D'Angelo · 03-03-2018, 03:08 PM

In the menu there is a special offering recommendation filtering tab. . .turn it on.

newkindlefun · 03-09-2018, 02:22 PM

Don't pay the $20. If you message customer support to ask them to remove ads, they'll do it for free (the first time). I'm on my second Kindle, and the support person simply told me she'd remove the special offers and asked me to check if they went away.

She didn't say she waived the $20 fee (like they usually do), but she also didn't say it cost something, and my card wasn't charged.

JSWolf · 03-09-2018, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by tomsem

It is still $20. And on newer Kindles the dead authors are gone.

Of course they're gone. They're dead.

03-02-2018, 07:45 PM	#1
TheSmitty Addict Posts: 315 Karma: 1181422 Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: DFW, TX area Device: Kindle Colorsoft, Libra Colour, Voyage, iPad Pro 11, iPad Mini 7	Question about ads on Kindle devices I have had Kindles over the years. I typically do not mind the ads but it seems to me that I might actually buy something based upon them if they were books in the genre I read most, science fiction. Ads I see are almost exclusively for romance books. Does that happen just to me or do you get ads that are relevant?

03-02-2018, 09:59 PM	#3
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,455 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	Ads are Random they don't bother me.... Better than Dead Authors! Feb Valentines ... Romance October Halloween .... Horror After that about mid Nov you get Christmas! Those are the Main ones I remember... Bookwise Last edited by Barbara1955; 03-02-2018 at 10:05 PM.

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HLS Wizard Posts: 2,132 Karma: 16342480 Join Date: May 2017 Device: Sage, Scribe, Boox Note 2 Plus, iPad Pros and Samsungs S6,S7,S8	Yep I get adds that are not relevant to my reading so I paid the $20 to get regular screen savers

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tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,928 Karma: 27013865 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	The main reason to remove ads is so that (if you don’t have a passcode set), Kindle will unlock without having to swipe (using power button or magnetic cover). Also in List view mode there is one more book listed per page. Folklore has it that you only need to call Amazon to get the ads removed at no charge, but I’ve not ever done that. When Amazon launched Special Offers, there were actually some modestly good deals mixed in. But those went away after a year or so.

03-03-2018, 02:08 AM	#5
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,455 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	tomsem ... It Costs $20 to remove ads...Maybe more since that 2010 price

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03-09-2018, 02:22 PM	#10
newkindlefun Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 91298 Join Date: Apr 2016 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 3rd gen (2015)	Don't pay the $20. If you message customer support to ask them to remove ads, they'll do it for free (the first time). I'm on my second Kindle, and the support person simply told me she'd remove the special offers and asked me to check if they went away. She didn't say she waived the $20 fee (like they usually do), but she also didn't say it cost something, and my card wasn't charged.

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