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ebusinesstutor · 10-08-2011, 02:04 PM

I get all my news for free.

I create my own "newspaper" using Google Reader and subscribe to RSS feeds of my favourite bloggers and news sites. By doing this, the newspaper is chock full of the news I want rather than what some editor thinks I want. So I subscriber to blogs about Internet marketing and social media (my business field), ebooks & publishing (a passionate interest) and about stargazing and Native American flute playing (my hobbies).

I used to buy newspapers every week, but they are full of topics that aren't relevant to me. I might find one or two articles worth reading. With my RSS feeds, almost all the articles are interesting.

Newspapers did it to themselves in a way. They cut the number of real reporters and most of the content is just the same Associated Press articles. So if I buy the Province and the Vancouver Sun, a lot of the articles are identical. And reporting seems to have gotten away from asking the hard questions - the in-depth investigative reporting that can be beneficial to our society.

But, while I do not pay for news, I do buy books and ebooks. I will pay up to $6 or $7 for a good fiction book, or up to $15 for a non-fiction reference book I need. I love all the great free and low cost ebooks from independent authors who can now publish more easily.

I don't find a 600 page ebook demands too much of my time - rather I am always looking for good new reads in SciFi and Fantasy.

10-08-2011, 02:04 PM	#15
ebusinesstutor Star Gawker Posts: 526 Karma: 6944314 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Spruce Grove, AB Canada Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I get all my news for free. I create my own "newspaper" using Google Reader and subscribe to RSS feeds of my favourite bloggers and news sites. By doing this, the newspaper is chock full of the news I want rather than what some editor thinks I want. So I subscriber to blogs about Internet marketing and social media (my business field), ebooks & publishing (a passionate interest) and about stargazing and Native American flute playing (my hobbies). I used to buy newspapers every week, but they are full of topics that aren't relevant to me. I might find one or two articles worth reading. With my RSS feeds, almost all the articles are interesting. Newspapers did it to themselves in a way. They cut the number of real reporters and most of the content is just the same Associated Press articles. So if I buy the Province and the Vancouver Sun, a lot of the articles are identical. And reporting seems to have gotten away from asking the hard questions - the in-depth investigative reporting that can be beneficial to our society. But, while I do not pay for news, I do buy books and ebooks. I will pay up to $6 or $7 for a good fiction book, or up to $15 for a non-fiction reference book I need. I love all the great free and low cost ebooks from independent authors who can now publish more easily. I don't find a 600 page ebook demands too much of my time - rather I am always looking for good new reads in SciFi and Fantasy.