07-30-2017, 03:46 PM | #1 |
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Defeating Amazon's defeating of back matter
I mostly read and mostly write non-fiction, and I am one of those obsessives who want to read the endnotes. (The best academics often put funny stuff in the notes that they wouldn't dream of including in the text.) But as soon as I reach the endnotes or bibliography or postscript, Amazon tries to distract me with adverts for similar books.
So: I like to end a book with an advert of my own, for a related book of mine. I am afraid that Jeff Bezos over-rides this section. Do we have any notion of how he is able to interrupt the flow of the book? Is it done through keywords like Notes, Sources, Bibliography, Epilogue, so that if we avoid those triggers the book will continue with breaking for a word from the sponsor? Thanks for any illumination! |
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Please don't do this. The very last thing I want to see in a book (and I don't mean "right at the end of the book" when I say that...) is a "message from a sponsor". If I saw an advert in a book it would be the last book I'd buy from that author.
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@Hitch: yes, I have an NCX file, but I don't see what that has to do with Jeff Bezos's ability to interrupt my reading of a book with his Other Books Like This advert. |
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Those aren't what I'd regard as "sponsorship" messages, which are what the OP appears to be talking about. Naturally I'd expect any book to list the author's other works. When I see the word "sponsorship" it means (to me) an advert from some external company who's helped pay for the production of the item. "This book was brought to you by Joe's Barber's Shop".
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The NCX in our MOBI files is exactly the same as the NCX in our ePUBs. No damn difference. Hitch |
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I'm not saying they (ePub and mobi) are different at the source level. I just find it interesting that it is expected that a 100% the-way-I-want-it ePub must also convert to a 100% the-way-I-want-it mobi. I've been reading a few threads and there are lots of complaints about the conversion from ePub to mobi not going too smoothly. Must be a reason for it, huh? Subtle differences in the files and tags is my guess.
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Fundamentally, there aren't any differences. If you get to the point that you want to use CERTAIN tags, for example, a keep-together, let's say, to keep a caption with an image, sure--that won't do jack on a MOBI. Honestly, it won't do jack on 99% of all dedicated eReaders. Will it work on an iPad tablet's dedicated eReading software, iBooks? Apparently--but that's mostly it. For a basic ebook--fiction, anthologies, even non-fiction that doesn't have advanced layout--there's no difference in the files and tags. You may want to go over those posts/threads again, and take a harder look at the questioner/complainer. We get people in the Sigil forum complaining that it's HORRIBLE!, because it's not a GUI ePUB maker. Does that make Sigil horrible--or does it just mean that they have no idea what software they're using? Same sort of thing, IME. Hitch |
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Indeed, sponsored ads are precisely what I would like to defeat by subduing Mr Berzos's recommendations. |
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I see the problem! The OP wrote 'with' when they meant 'without'!
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