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3.0 out of 5 stars
Missing content, May 31, 2008
This review is from: Austin American-Statesman (Kindle Edition)
The description implies that all of the articles are included in the Kindle edition. It says it omits, "some images and tables."
The issues I've received appear to omit ALL images, ALL tables, and a portion of the articles, too. For example, I was annoyed to see that all of the movie reviews are omitted. Also, forget the cartoons, even the editorial cartoons.
I was also a little annoyed that the columns in the Opinions section usually gave only the last names of the columnists (e.g., "Will" instead of "George F. Will, Washington Post"). Today, they just omitted the columnists names altogether.
There are also frequently missing spaces between words, particularly following names that are in bold.
Still, it's useful enough that I was willing to pay for at least one month.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Back to 1990's Usenet, January 22, 2009
This review is from: Austin American-Statesman (Kindle Edition)
I tried the sample, and the presentation does not appear to have improved since F. Hewett's review. It had the feel of news feeds from 1990's Usenet - plain test, no tables, charts, imaqes, etc. Other Kindle-ized papers include these items, so it is very disappointing that the paper from the "Silicon Hills" has not entered the 21st century.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
It's not an electronic edition of the paper, March 30, 2009
This review is from: Austin American-Statesman (Kindle Edition)
UPDATE: There are fewer missing articles in the paper now but delivery continues to be a problem. More than a week was missed in December (Amazon credited me for the month) but for the last month (Feb 2010) the paper is not delivered to the Kindle until after 8:00 AM so I have to read this morning paper from the web site or the iPhone application with my breakfast. I'm giving up and canceling my subscription.
ORIGINAL REVIEW: This is not an opinion of the quality of the Statesman but a comparison of the printed paper with the Kindle edition. The Kindle has no pictures, no ads, no weather, and no TV listings. Most articles from the paper are in the Kindle but not all - no pattern I can detect for the omissions. For example on Sun 3/29 only 2 of 4 articles on the front page were in the Kindle edition. The Life and Arts section only appears in the Sunday version of the Kindle - not in weekday versions. The sports section is pretty complete but of course no box scores or charts. The editorials and letters to the editor are included. The Kindle stories almost always have a different headline from the real paper, but the text is normally the same in both places. The Nation and World section is pretty complete and includes articles from AP, NY Times, and the Washington Post among others. No inserts are included so no neighborhood editions or Parade on Sunday. The Statesman web site has a more complete version of the newspaper and it is more current, but if the Kindle is your preferred reading method this is a reasonable, if incomplete, version of the local Austin newspaper.
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