There hasn’t been much news regarding newspapers on Kindle
In February there were 14 newspapers available to download onto the Kindle, they were:
- The New York Times
- The Wall Street Journal
- The Washington Post
- Investor’s Business Daily
- The Boston Globe
- San Francisco Chronicle
- San Jose Mercury News
- The Seattle Times
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Le Monde
- The Irish Times
- Frankfurter Allgemeine
- Les Echos
- The Philadelphia Inquirer
Since then, Amazon has added a further 5 newspaper titles:
- Shanghai Daily – $5.99/month
- The Independent – $14.99/month
- Le Monde – $14.99/month
- The Denver Post – $5.99/month
- Austin American-Statesman – $5.99/month
There are 2 US based newspapers, and 3 international newspapers – all of them come with the standard 14-day free trial. Shanghai Daily at $5.99/month is a bargain and might be the one that is most worth checking out, however the other 2 international papers are very expensively priced at $14.99/month. My wish of having the Financial Times hasn’t come into fruition just yet, I have no doubt that one day it will be available on the Kindle – just not any-time soon.
Click on the title or image to visit the product page for each newspaper, you can sign up for the 14-day free trial from there.
Shanghai Daily (Kindle Edition)
Shanghai Daily provides an English window to the news of China. Business-focused, it also reports on social, cultural and diplomatic developments in Shanghai and the surrounding region.
The Kindle Edition of Shanghai Daily contains articles found in the print edition, but will not include some images and tables. Also, some features such as the crossword puzzle, box scores and classifieds are not currently available. For your convenience, issues are automatically delivered wirelessly to your Kindle so you can read them each morning. Saturday and Sunday’s issues of Shanghai Daily are bundled together and delivered to Kindle on Saturday morning.
The Independent (Kindle Edition)
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?”
The Kindle Edition of The Independent contains articles found in the print edition, but will not include some images and tables. Also, some features such as the crossword puzzle, box scores and classifieds are not currently available. For your convenience, issues are automatically delivered wirelessly to your Kindle so you can read them each morning.
Le Monde, the leading French daily, is considered the country’s newspaper of record. Available in the French language, its global and intellectual focus covers the latest local and international news in sports, politics, sciences, culture, finances, shopping, and current events.
The Kindle Edition of Le Monde contains articles found in the print edition, but will not include all images, tables and stock quotes. For your convenience, issues are automatically delivered wirelessly to your Kindle so you can read them each morning.
The Denver Post (Kindle Edition)
The Denver Post provides breaking news, weather, sports, a local events calendar and entertainment information for the Mile High City. The Denver Post is now delivered every day except Saturday.
The Kindle Edition of The Denver Post contains most articles found in the print edition but will not include all images and tables, and some features such as the crossword puzzle, box scores and classifieds are not currently available. For your convenience, issues are automatically delivered wirelessly to your Kindle so you can read them each morning.
Austin American-Statesman (Kindle Edition)
The Austin American-Statesman features metro, state, sports, entertainment, and business news for the greater Austin, Texas area.
The Kindle Edition of The Austin American-Statesman contains articles found in the print edition, but will not include some images and tables. Also, some features such as the crossword puzzle, box scores and classifieds are not currently available. For your convenience, issues are automatically delivered wirelessly to your Kindle so you can read them each morning.
Are ads displayed on the Kindle?
Since newspapers are supported by ads how is this going to work? For a while it will work without ads, but at some point the electronic version is going to have to generate revenue for the papers