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Old 11-29-2010, 07:00 AM   #6
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The reading experience is different for me. Much more of a serial read, and missing most charts. I value the layout of paper, where an editor has taken time to place things in some order of perceived importance. And you can scan a page easily on paper.

Having said that, I enjoy my trial NY Times subscription from Amazon (though will probably drop it in favor of Calibre's). It may be because the NY Times is more suited to reading in-depth articles. I definitely prefer the USA Today in print with its nice layout and all the graphics, and can read the print edition must faster.

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Originally Posted by FF2 View Post
Depending on the newspaper or periodical, Calibre can download and send them automatically to a Kindle.

There's a list of almost 300 English language periodicals and others in foreign languages. You can download calibre in advance and check out what it does.
This advice is spot on. Download a Calibre USA Today and view it in Calibre's Viewer, which mimics e-reader layout, and see how you like it. I also get the WSJ from Calibre, though since I have a non-pay account, some stories may be incomplete. I find that Calibre periodicals aren't much different from the Amazon pay ones--I've not seen any missing content the few times I've compared side-by-side.

If you're going to buy an e-reader for reading periodicals, the Kindle would definitely be my choice, because of
  1. automagic free e-mail delivery of Calibre periodicals - open Calibre in the morning, turn on wireless on your Kindle, et voila, newspapers and magazines appear on your Kindle as if they came from Amazon. If some fail (Calibre tells you), just right-click on your computer and send again via e-mail. You have to set up Calibre to do this.
  2. Skip to next article. You push the right of the 5-way (or left to go to the previous article). Calibre doesn't offer this yet for the Sony (and maybe others?)

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