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LOL no
Via Mobileread: Amazon applying for in-book ad patent for kindle.
Oh Amazon. The only reason I buy from them nowadays is the fact that I don't own a Kindle. Why are they so determined to drive me to ditching it for something else?
I mean, realistically, if they started putting ads in books, they would probably still have a sizeable chunk of the market, especially if they used that to lower their ebook prices even more. And I can't imagine that I would go so far as to stop buying ebooks if ad-infested versions were all that was available. However, I can definitely imagine just downloading the non-ad-infested version and rolling on. I don't buy books to read someone else's ad content, no matter how 'targeted' it may be.
Even more annoying is the fact that there exist methods RIGHT NOW in most semi-advanced ebook formats that would allow retailers like Amazon and so forth to cross-sell books by the same author or publisher or whatnot. Why the idea of the back pages promoting this book or that sequel haven't made the jump into current ebooks is beyond me.
Oh Amazon. The only reason I buy from them nowadays is the fact that I don't own a Kindle. Why are they so determined to drive me to ditching it for something else?
I mean, realistically, if they started putting ads in books, they would probably still have a sizeable chunk of the market, especially if they used that to lower their ebook prices even more. And I can't imagine that I would go so far as to stop buying ebooks if ad-infested versions were all that was available. However, I can definitely imagine just downloading the non-ad-infested version and rolling on. I don't buy books to read someone else's ad content, no matter how 'targeted' it may be.
Even more annoying is the fact that there exist methods RIGHT NOW in most semi-advanced ebook formats that would allow retailers like Amazon and so forth to cross-sell books by the same author or publisher or whatnot. Why the idea of the back pages promoting this book or that sequel haven't made the jump into current ebooks is beyond me.
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I am seriously puzzled at how the Amazon researchers that filed the patent for this got past this actual, very real consumer roadblock.