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I remember this ad. I read a different book from the same publisher back in the days and was completely offended by having an ad in a book I just bought. The up

I remember this ad. I read a different book from the same publisher back in the days and was completely offended by having an ad in a book I just bought. The upside was that it could be removed without removing any text from the book.

londons_explore 3y ago
So it was on a separate page that you could tear out? That's not so bad
- thfuran 3y ago
  It's awful.
- _nalply 3y ago
  Yeah. I remember such an ad in a German book I had. It was the only ad in that old book and this ad didn't age well: it was for a product not offered anymore. This ad was tailored to the story, something like this: "In a different vein, wouldn't be it nice if the hero could enjoy product X?" It was on two pages such that you could tear it out. The first page was almost empty with a small teaser and on the other page you had the ad text and a small logo. I found it very weird and it is awful because it tears you out of the story. You lose the flow.
dhoe 3y ago
As someone who's read and loved a lot of pulp fiction from this publisher, it's never bothered me. It was clearly separate from the normal text and you knew it after a couple of times; if I remember correctly, they were done in a low key amusing way.
aaron695 3y ago
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