ebook readers and price drops

[sad_winslow]

I've been browsing the Kindle store today. I have to say that some of it makes me want to throw up in my mouth a little - $2 a month for a "subscription" to various individual blogs - like slashdot, boingboing, techcrunch, etc? All stuff that I read for free with an RSS reader on my ipod or on a computer. Screw you, Amazon - definitely not going that route. I don't care if it is via your 3g push service. Not happening.

On the other hand: they have some print magazines available in digital format that are potentially appealing. Asimov's Science Fiction Monthly and Analog, two of my favorite sci-fi short story rags, are available at a good discount over the newsstand price. Looks like shopping for content with this thing is going to be an up and down kind of experience.

On the other other hand, some of the print magazines don't offer digital discounts at all, which is lame given no distribution or print costs. The Economist is still ~$126 a year, though Kindle does break it into a monthly $10 subscription instead which I suppose is a bit easier to digest. Still, I expect a price break. That's kind of crap.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by sad_winslow

On the other hand: they have some print magazines available in digital format that are potentially appealing. Asimov's Science Fiction Monthly and Analog, two of my favorite sci-fi short story rags, are available at a good discount over the newsstand price.

Hmmm... Interest in Kindle rising... I have a crate full of old Asimov's. It might be fun to get back into that, without the bulkiness. Of course, I have shelf or two full of stuff I haven't read yet, so an extra book (though a small one) a month may be too much.

[wanderer]

How about readability on Kindle in brighter light? I have heard that early versions really suck on this. Since I am travelling most of the times, I was hoping the newer (and slicker) versions might have improved on this.