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I think the point about books was "I pay for a book".

Yes that was the point.

Books have no ads in because it's paid for.

Books do advertise, though in a much more tasteful manner: What would you call the one-page blurbs that contain a listing of other books by the author, and maybe even teaser chapters of other books that trade paperbacks contain?

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