MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - NewspaperDirect comes to the Kindle, Sony

Mike L · 01-06-2010, 12:54 PM

NateTheGreat,

Thanks for posting this.

I considered subscribing to my local paper on this service when I gave up buying the print edition. The layout and navigation is far superior to other mechanisms for reading on-line news. And the cost is a lot less than buying a traditional newspaper.

One of the things that put me off was that there was no obvious way of cancelling a subscription once the free trial period was over. It seems that they keep your credit card details on file, then automatically renew as the subscription period expires. Obviously, there must be some way of opting out, but I was nervous of the fact that they weren't open about how to do it.

I ended up getting the same newspaper via RSS feeds, converting to Kindle format in Calibre, and reading it on a laptop in the Kindle For PC app. The layout isn't as good, but it's free and requires no commitment.

01-06-2010, 12:54 PM	#2
Mike L Wizard Posts: 1,479 Karma: 3846231 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Kindle 3, Samsung Galaxy	NateTheGreat, Thanks for posting this. I considered subscribing to my local paper on this service when I gave up buying the print edition. The layout and navigation is far superior to other mechanisms for reading on-line news. And the cost is a lot less than buying a traditional newspaper. One of the things that put me off was that there was no obvious way of cancelling a subscription once the free trial period was over. It seems that they keep your credit card details on file, then automatically renew as the subscription period expires. Obviously, there must be some way of opting out, but I was nervous of the fact that they weren't open about how to do it. I ended up getting the same newspaper via RSS feeds, converting to Kindle format in Calibre, and reading it on a laptop in the Kindle For PC app. The layout isn't as good, but it's free and requires no commitment.