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Amazon Daily

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Can't imagine any Kindle owner not signing on for this freebie info source. You get light, fast news items, quickie feature pieces, meaty author interviews, and goofy pictures of lava lamps and trendy adult beverages. Fun stuff all. Even the rhapsodic essays about failed, discontinued automobiles like the Gremlin and the Pacer (inexplicably, a regular feature) are growing on me.

Even if you bought your Kindle just to read e-books and not get news and features (not me... I like everything the Kindle offers), sign up for this free blog generously offered by the Amazon powers-that-be. At the very least, you'll enjoy the many book suggestions "Amazon Daily" will send your way.

Note: Amazon frequently updates the presentation and functionality of Kindle blogs and periodicals, so as this review gets older, it may no longer accurately describe the current version of this product.

I am pretty pleased with the Amazon daily so far. I do not know if I will change my mind in the future. Below are some details:

Pro #1: It has a post called Reviewing the Reviewers. In this post, snapshots of book reviews from the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, etc, are included. Con #1: The book names are linked to the item detail pages on Amazon, which does not make sense with the Kindle browser, since you have to go through pages of navigation items first. I wonder why they did not link the book names to relevant Kindle store pages.

Pro #2: Pictures included with certain posts are pretty clear. Con #2: Sometimes, on a certain page, you only see a picture, no text at all. I don't think the pictures should be emphasized so much, unless they are crucial for the posts.

Pro #3: Cooking recipes are included in some posts.
Con #3: (This is the most important one for me!) All bulleted and numbered lists are MESSED UP! More often than not, you will either see bullets with no content, or numbered lists that go 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 12. I am sure this is due to a conversion problem from HTML to .azw, but I am sure it can be easily fixed as well.

One cent per month? Ok. I bit.

I'm glad I did. Updated several times a day (whenever they feel like blogging) on a wide variety of subjects. The other day an article was about an early 1970s car, and how it influenced later models, etc. We had thoughts on the Grammy Awards, recipes, new devices, book reviews, on and on.

Previously, I would turn the Whispernet (or whatever it is called) off in the morning after receiving my newspapers. Now, I tend to leave it on all day so I can enjoy (or skip, as the case may be) any new Amazon blog.

Why not five stars? Due to the presence, in many articles, of links for you to click: IF you were on a computer. Since the Kindle will not follow those links, they are a bit intrusive at times.

UPDATE: Now its free? Heck, why not.

This is the third time in a month that my Amazon Daily hasn't been delivered to my Kindle. I haven't had an update since July 23, but I've received new material in the form of a new book I ordered and two samples today. Yes, of course I had turned my Kindle net connection on.

What's up? I know the blog has been updated on the website.

This kind of thing makes me reluctant to subscribe to other Kindle blogs, ones that aren't free. This was an experiment and so far, I'm discouraged.

update: The blog is started with a free trial, and at the end of the free trial, updates stop. Since it is a free blog, one would think that it would just continue to be delivered, or at least that there would be a notice to sign up for future copies. But no. However, I tried an experiment and signed up again for the blog and it's delivered every day [almost] now.

I usually find one gem of an article every one or two days. To get bang for buck ratio, however, you have to divide by zero. The New York Times news blog is also a gem at 1.99/mo and is updated a few times a day.

Go to amazon.com and hit my digital items then go to blogs then hit the arrow beside the name of the blog and click cancel subscription and you will know how to do the rest.

I signed up for this the day I got my Kindle, not even knowing what it was about and I have to say I enjoy it as much (and sometimes more) than the blogs I pay for. It offers a wide range of topics, from food to cars, books to pets. It is never boring and you simply CAN'T beat the price! Two of the receipes I tried have become family favorites. Thanks Amazon, just another example of your excellent customer "SERVE"ice.

very interesting. this blog was actually something that I looked forward to then it just stopped coming to me. Not sure if others are having problems as well.

I have been reading the Amazon Daily since getting my first Kindle. It has pointed me to many products and books I was interested in. All is good, but it could use some help with pictures. So I order and receive my Kindle Fire and no joy. It isn't available on the fire. How come? this is the flagship Kindle and some content is only available on older devices?

Please Amazon, rectify this.

Ok, I know it's free and shouldn't complain... but sometimes I just can't help myself. Does that make me a bad person? No, just an honest one. At first It was ok....not bad, but then I signed up for some REAL blogs and discovered that yes...BAD, and getting worse! It's a waste of my time to read about a cooking utensil for something I will never cook or a designer's clothes I will never be able to afford. There are occasionally some info on books, but I can certainly find that on my own. Seriously, kitchen utensils, what the celebrities wore at a concert and Korean cooking(which is quite frequently blogged about) are not things that I will miss after canceling my "subscription". But hey, That's just me!
DawnBee <3
(you get what you pay for)