We already have ad books. They're called magazines, just give it a couple more years and regular books will be filled with ads too. I've already encountered some regular books that have an insert talking about another book from the same creator. Sure it doesn't seem bad now but soon it'll be an insert about a friend of the creator, then about the same company that did this book, then in similar genres, then more inserts about products that might make your book reading experience better, etc etc.

[–] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.one 4 points 7 months ago

I’ve already encountered some regular books that have an insert talking about another book from the same creator.

Oh, those? We call those reading snacks. You just rip them out and dip them in a blend of extra virgin olive oil and nicely reduced balsamic vinaigrette. Perfect pairing with a nice drama or thriller.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Any book that gets a movie or TV show seems to replace the original cover with an ad for the movie/TV show

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago

That's really an advert for the book appealing to people who only know the TV/film though

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago

Yea it's unfortunate.

Reminds me, the box a pet rock came in that my brother gave me this last Christmas has the frigging minions logo on it. It says 'as seen on [minions eye logo]'.

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You probably bought that book based on a paid review.

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago

Jokes on you, I pirate my books. No idea if the book youtubers I watched were paid but their sensibilities are similar to mine and so far they haven't lead me astray. I like supporting my book writers directly instead of giving money to corpos whenever possible.