03-12-2008, 04:21 PM | #1 |
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Amazon adds British Independent newspaper for Kindle
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Nicknamed the Indie and Sindie (for the Sunday edition), The Independent is one of Britain's newest compact publications for the left of center, founded by three former journalists of The Daily Telegraph. Often controversial, it is also often parodied for its not so subtle political leanings. Boasting a readership of over a quarter of a million, The Independent asks, "It is. Are you?" |
03-13-2008, 05:57 AM | #2 |
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I wonder how popular this will be on a device only sold in the US?
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03-13-2008, 07:30 AM | #3 | |
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I wish Amazon would get some more US papers. I live in San Antonio, Texas... the United States' ninth or tenth largest city. You'd think they would cater to their revinue stream. What's next, the "Daily Abu Dabi"? |
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03-13-2008, 07:57 AM | #4 |
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I don't know jacksonunit. Maybe it would do Americans good to occassionally listen to what the rest of the world is saying.
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03-13-2008, 08:58 AM | #5 |
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Dunno, there are a lot of Brit ex-pats in the DC area. Maybe if they have a Kindle....
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03-13-2008, 10:24 AM | #6 | |
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In the case of the Independent, this is a low-risk way to attract a few US readers but the real payoff will come when the Kindle is released in Britain. I am actually surprised that more UK newspapers are not signing up - but perhaps they have well established internet-based alternatives. |
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03-13-2008, 10:33 AM | #7 | |
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We have "local" papers but they report purely local news; nobody reads them to find out what's going on in the world, and in fact these days many local papers are free. |
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03-13-2008, 01:16 PM | #8 |
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03-13-2008, 01:21 PM | #9 |
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The Economist is British. And I would do a lot if I could read it on my e-book reader. ;(
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03-13-2008, 01:37 PM | #10 |
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You can read it on your SONY Reader thanks to libprs500.
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03-13-2008, 02:06 PM | #11 |
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I have an Economist subscription, but how would I get it on my Reader?
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03-13-2008, 02:10 PM | #12 |
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Just click the "fetch news" button and then "The economist". Note that the version libprs500 fetches at the moment contains only summaries of articles, that's because I dont have a subscription to the economist so I can't develop the code for it. If you're willing to send me your login credentials, I can easily improve it to fetch the full articles. IT wil then ask you for your username and password every time you try to fetch the articles.
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03-13-2008, 02:12 PM | #13 |
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I'll look it up tomorrow at work (which is where I get it from) and PM you.
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03-13-2008, 04:41 PM | #14 |
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