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>The book contains no advertisements. I think the blog post is poorly thought out and I understand your point. Nevertheless, many books have "ads" in the sens
by jasode 11y ago
>The book contains no advertisements.
I think the blog post is poorly thought out and I understand your point. Nevertheless, many books have "ads" in the sense of "read more books by this author" on the inside dust jacket of a hardback, or placed in the last few pages of a paperback.
Sometimes when I buy a book directly from the publisher, they will include in the box some brochures/catalogs for similar books. The theme for all the situations is the same -- they already have your eyeballs tuned in to their wares to some extent -- so they try to take advantage of it.
It's just that the ads are not wedged in between the middle of the book to interrupt the reading experience.
- joshuapants 11y ago> It's just that the ads are not wedged in between the middle of the book to interrupt the reading experience. Absolutely, the annoyance-factor of some types of advertisement are within acceptable bounds. It also helps that those ads may very well be for things you're actually interested in; if you liked the book you just read, knowing what other books are available from the same author at the end actually helps you. This is in stark contrast to, for example, the ads at the end of articles on some pages that masquerade as other articles, but just take you to another page filled with more ads for things you have no interest in.