Chris Leckness

Kindle has been in the market for a little more than a month and the list of Magazines that has joined the subscription list at Amazon though small it's growing. Today I received my monthly subscription to Consumer Reports and that reminded me that the bookshelf where I keep all issues of this magazine together with other magazines like National Geographic, Smart Phone and Pocket PC Magazine and PC Magazine, it's full. I could recycle them but I collect them. And it's not just that I collect them it's that sometimes I use them as material when I'm doing some research. So, looking at my magazine bookshelf I decided to send the Editors of these magazines this letter:

Whom it may concern:

I'm a current subscriber of your magazine which I love and been subscribed for the last 5 years. But it's time to move on and use the new technology available. I recently bought the Kindle, the eBook reader from Amazon, and I would like to see your magazine added to the list of magazine subscriptions available for download into my Kindle.

I know that you offer an online subscription but the point is that you need a PC to access it while using the Kindle you don't need that. Magazines are sent to each subscriber using the wireless connection available in each Kindle. And each magazine is DRM protected so files can't be freely copied.

I love your magazine but it's occupying a valuable space in my house and  going digital I can keep hundred of issues in my Kindle. And not only that, going digital using this new Amazon service your company will help to save our planet using less paper.

Please, add your magazine to Kindle Magazine Subscription list at Amazon!

Amazon Magazine Subscription List

Regards,

Frank J Garcia
Current Subscriber
Microsoft MVP on TabletPC and UMPC
http://www.ultramobilepc-tips.com

I know that many of you are interested in this topic so I'm planning to post back the answer of each of the magazines contacted by me. I also invite you to do the same with your subscriptions. Remember, you are helping to save a tree by going digital!

Zaniax

I really like that :approve:

Jogga

Excellent :approve: It's great to see people taking positive action against the ongoing consumption of natural resources.

Pedah

Positive Action, in an inventive way!:approve:

buzzzqwert

What version of a magazine do you get on the Kindle? For example, when I look at the list of magazines I see Time shown at less than $20/year which is far less than most subscription services would offer. Does that mean the Kindle version only carries a sub-set of each weeks Time articles or does it carry all articles in the magazine?

ctitanic

Originally Posted by buzzzqwert

What version of a magazine do you get on the Kindle? For example, when I look at the list of magazines I see Time shown at less than $20/year which is far less than most subscription services would offer. Does that mean the Kindle version only carries a sub-set of each weeks Time articles or does it carry all articles in the magazine?

It any all the articles in the magazine. Keep in mind that this type of distribution is less costly.

BirdBrain

While I like the idea, I miss the color of the magazines - is the Kindle B+W (looks like it from the Amazon site). National Geographics just ain't the same without the color.

I use Zinio for many of my magazines; granted, you have to have a computer and the Zinio reader, but the magazines are easy to read, annotate, and search, and are in color.

I also have the iRex iliad - similar to the Kindle, but it uses WiFi or a computer connection for downloading books and documents. I like the iliad because I can use it for note-taking, not only for reading, and I can purchase books from several different sites for reading on the iliad. No color though, a definite drawback in my mind.

Beth

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spunker88

Theres just something differnet, being able to site down and grip a magazine, vs squinting into a screen. Of course ive never used this kindle.

This saving trees thing annoys me thought. Although one cant underestimate the importance of trees and the photosynthesis process, trees are easily reproducible/recyclable(when in paper). Paper and wood are biodegradable, the paper is recyclable and most inks are soy-based. Magazines aren't a burden to the environment.

Clean electricity and automobiles should be first priority. With an almost majority of US based energy being produced from coal, which is a bad pollutant, maybe those rechargeable mobile devices arent so green.

Nothing against the original poster, i just go on these rants every now and then.
Its not u its me.

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