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Re: Seattle Paper Shifts Entirely to the Web said by RR Conductor:I think that's sad too. While I love the always up to date, always on news of the net, there is just something nice about being able to hold a physical thing in your hands and read from it, and I think for that reason papers will always be around. Get a Kindle or other book/newspaper/magazine reader. I get the newspaper delivered directly to the Kindle daily and at much lower cost than the paper version. More and more, for those who still want to read a daily news offering and not sit at a computer to do it, the handheld reader is a good alternative. Something physical, easier to carry than a laptop, and can be used in the bathroom and outside in the yard or on the porch.
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| Doesn't a Kindle cost upwards of $300+? That's a lot of newspapers before even coming close to recouping the cost. Plus it's impossible to share the paper amongst family members while lounging around drinking coffee on a Sunday morning. |
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| said by probboy:Doesn't a Kindle cost upwards of $300+? That's a lot of newspapers before even coming close to recouping the cost. Well, I also read books on it(about 1 per week); weekly magazines like Newsweek; PDF docs I convert; etc. So while not justified just by newspapers; the savings on books, magazines, etc will pay back eventually. Besides when does using a new technology have to be justified by price alone - otherwise who would have paid what they did for iPhones.
Plus it's impossible to share the paper amongst family members while lounging around drinking coffee on a Sunday morning.
I'll grant you that. But if a family member also bought a Kindle(say a used Kindle 1 for about $100), they can share the newspaper & any books on more than 1 Kindle device at no extra subscription or cost needed. Family members on 1 Amazon account can have a book or magazine or newspaper on more than 1 device at the same time at no extra charge.
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