I get ads all the time every time I walk into the library. Curated displays showcasing whatever author or topic they're trying to push at the time. Is that not

I get ads all the time every time I walk into the library. Curated displays showcasing whatever author or topic they're trying to push at the time. Is that not advertising? Not that I mind. I often find neat things in these displays that I might not have thought to look for otherwise. But isn't that kind of the point of ads, to get people to look for things they might not have otherwise known or considered?