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Sure! I don't mind the suggestion at the end of what to read next. 63 58.88%
Meh. 24 22.43%
No, I do not like the idea at all. 15 14.02%
I have a special opinion. I will love it and squeeze it and call it George. 5 4.67%
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Old 02-29-2012, 04:22 PM   #16
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Here I'm thinking of the retro full page ads that used to occur at the ends of books that advertised the author's next/other books and/or similar authors in the genre.
Those ads helped me discover new books - especially if this was my first time reading the author. Though a Goodreads/Shelfari search can do the same thing, having the same information inside the book itself is very convenient.
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Old 02-29-2012, 05:01 PM   #17
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B&N has started printing out "reading recommendations" along with your receipt when you buy a book in the store.

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Old 02-29-2012, 05:06 PM   #18
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I don't mind them and I rarely read them. If they're ads for other books by the author and I've enjoyed the book I just finished, I will read the ads. If the ads are from the publisher promoting other books they publish that are similar to the one I just finished, again, if I enjoyed it I might check out the ads.

For me, it's not a big deal one way or the other.
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Old 02-29-2012, 07:18 PM   #19
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I don't mind "here are some more books you might like" ads at the end of paper books, so I don't think I'd mind them at the end of ebooks, either. I'd only be annoyed if more than 10% of the book was ads, which I think has actually happened to me before. It's pretty jarring to be 89% into a book and suddenly it's the end.
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Old 02-29-2012, 07:24 PM   #20
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Doesn't Amazon place ads for similar texts at the end of texts you have read? Feedbooks would show you a listing of texts that readers of the current text also read. They seemed to be helpful for reading.
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Old 02-29-2012, 07:30 PM   #21
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I wouldn't think there was a problem if they weren't overly massive.

PS. I like multi-choise polls more!
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Old 02-29-2012, 07:38 PM   #22
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I wouldn't think there was a problem if they weren't overly massive.

PS. I like multi-choise polls more!
I know, I'm sorry. It's a separate checkbox and I always forget to check it.
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Old 02-29-2012, 07:42 PM   #23
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I thought there are a couple of publishers doing that now...maybe Harlequin and Kensington? So if you've got an ebook where that publisher is doing it, then the bookseller adds on their bit, you could really end up with a bloated file!
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Old 02-29-2012, 08:20 PM   #24
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Actually, having thought some more about it, ads anywhere in ebooks is the one thing which would probably turn me to the dark side big-time. But then, like I said, I really hate ads.
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Old 03-01-2012, 04:56 AM   #25
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Doesn't Amazon place ads for similar texts at the end of texts you have read? Feedbooks would show you a listing of texts that readers of the current text also read. They seemed to be helpful for reading.
I like the Feedbooks list at the end. They are not intrusive and straight to the point. I have this feeling that if recommendations become mainstream in ebooks they will become just like recommendations in some paperbacks, a blurb and bunch of one liner reviews from people I have never heard from before. I don't read those recommendations.

Show me a list of authors and blurb about the book and I'll look at it. Fluff it out with other peoples opinions and I switch off.
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Old 03-01-2012, 07:25 AM   #26
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Ads in books is a slippery slope.

I remember when paperbacks had single page glossy ads for commercial products (not book related).

If the publisher wants to add ads to the eBooks I buy, I have no problem with that. Provide they pay me to rent the the storage space consumed by those ads. After all, it is my eReader.
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Old 03-01-2012, 07:49 AM   #27
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i don't mind if an author wants to plug his friends or seeing ads for books in a similar genre.
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Ads in books is a slippery slope.

I remember when paperbacks had single page glossy ads for commercial products (not book related).

If the publisher wants to add ads to the eBooks I buy, I have no problem with that. Provide they pay me to rent the the storage space consumed by those ads. After all, it is my eReader.
I remember those.
Slick cardboard ads, usually for cigarettes.
I had a thin metal ruler and a box cutter just for them.
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In that realm, I am currently working on a companion recipe book for my novel, (bartending recipes, tips etc) and although I don't want it to be an unending mess of hyperlinks,(although tempting financially, my goal is not to alienate the reader) I would like to add a page at the end so readers can find the products I am speaking about. (a great Bloody Mary product, for instance) Obnoxious? What are your thoughts?
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In that realm, I am currently working on a companion recipe book for my novel, (bartending recipes, tips etc) and although I don't want it to be an unending mess of hyperlinks,(although tempting financially, my goal is not to alienate the reader) I would like to add a page at the end so readers can find the products I am speaking about. (a great Bloody Mary product, for instance) Obnoxious? What are your thoughts?
Weebil, for this I would do one page that says "For recipes, tips, product recommendations, etc., go to [url]."

And then put all that content on a web site.

At the same time, make the web site public and put some SEO into it, so you can use it to promote your book.

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