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Detroit Free Press [Kindle Edition]

by Gannett
3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews) |
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Michigan's oldest and largest newspaper is known for its providing comprehensive news coverage of metro Detroit and Michigan. The winner of eight Pulitzer Prizes and three national Emmy Awards, the Free Press is a trusted source of information on GM, Ford and Chrysler, as well as on international auto news.

As Michigan’s most-read newspaper, the Free Press offers unique perspectives on current issues from columnists Mitch Albom, Tom Walsh, Susan Tompor, Rochelle Riley, Drew Sharp, Michael Rosenberg and more. And, as a newspaper annually selected to have one of the best sports sections in the country, the Free Press is the nation’s best source for behind-the-scenes coverage of Detroit’s professional sports teams (the Detroit Lions, Tigers, Red Wings and Pistons), as well as Michigan’s Big 10 teams (the Wolverines and Spartans).

The Kindle Edition of The Detroit Free Press 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.

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  • Publisher: Gannett
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
  • ASIN: B001XCWUSO
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,852 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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49 of 54 people found the following review helpful
As a new Kindle DX owner and a former Michigan resident, I looked forward to subscribing to the Free Press on the Kindle. I cancelled my subscription yesterday. Why? Too many reasons, but basically (1) paid Kindle edition is not as good as free web site version, (2) no pictures, (3) no comics, (4) no classifieds, (5) no sports scores, (6) believe it or not, no ads - I want to know what's on sale in the Detroit area when I am up there, (6) poor indexing of articles, (7) related groups of articles are often placed out of order, making it confusing to follow, (8) when there is a multi-item article, like news briefs from Oakland County, the items are all run together without spacing or font changes, so they are very hard to separate, and there is no indexing of such items either, (9) no weather reports, no local road construction or other local info, (10) no reader article feedback like on the web site, (11) no columnist sections, and (12) the Kindle edition is issued only once a day, instead of being re-sent more frequently during the day with updates and breaking news like the web site has.

So, what does the Kindle edition offer that the web doesn't? Outside of being downloaded on my Kindle each morning, which starts up faster than a PC, the Kindle version has no advantage at all. And since I have to pay for it, the disadvantages totally outweigh the free web version, which of course not only has pictures, but has them in color, and even occasionally has animated editorial cartoons. What makes it worse is that there is no mechanism whatsoever to relay feedback or problems in the Kindle edition to the Free Press editorial staff, and if you go to the Free Press web site, you can't find any evidence that they support (or even know about!) the Kindle edition of their paper.

Unless you are a total diehard Freep fan, I wouldn't recommend getting this. Kindle is good for books. Newspapers? Not so much.
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36 of 39 people found the following review helpful
By Amy Roy
I've been checking periodically to see if the Freep was available on the Kindle and noticed yesterday that it is. If there was a big announcement about it being available, I missed it. Anyway, I read today's paper entirely on the Kindle and find I prefer it to the e-edition. There was something about having to click on the article and then only seeing that article in the e-edition that caused me to skip over a lot of things I would have at least skimmed in the paper edition. And I was going days without reading it because I simply forgot about it. It was disconcerting to so quickly lose the 30+ year habit of reading the paper each morning. This morning I just grabbed the Kindle from my bedside table, clicked it on and read the paper without leaving my bed. There were no pictures or graphs but I didn't really miss them. In other papers I've read on the Kindle there have been pictures so perhaps that's still coming.
The only problem - no comics. I hope that's remedied because it was one of my favorite parts of the paper.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Gets the job done August 27, 2009
I have a difficult time understanding what people expect from a Kindle newspaper. Do you get the graphics and photos? No, because you're viewing it on a e-book reader. Do you always get EVERY story in the online paper? Probably not, but really, who cares? What I'm looking for is a quick and convenient way to read the newspaper on my Kindle. With the Detroit Free Press edition, I get that. I can read it in probably 30-45 minutes. Perfect.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
i love it
Yah no pictures but like reading a book I don't need pictures. Love the fact I can read
Paper at work where I don't have wifi + j can adjust font size for easier reading... Read more
Published 1 day ago by cw
Little real news
I tried the trial period. There were more sports stories each day than all the other stories in all the other sections, combined. Read more
Published 4 months ago by ARedBox
best news for michigan and great lakes
I was please with the kindle version, great indexing and story content, good mix of stories, but a little heavy on sports
Published 9 months ago by R. D. Overweg
Just about has it all for me
I never liked the print version of the Freep. I was always a The Detroit News reader. TDN always seemed to have more national and world news in it. Read more
Published 10 months ago by R. Scott Frazier
I really like it...
Was excited to try out the Kindle edition. Overall it is really good, and I consider it a great value. Read more
Published 11 months ago by J. Hessenauer
Disappointing
I just cancelled my trial subscription to the Free Press. As others pointed out, this edition does not have any photos, nor does it have any comics! Read more
Published 11 months ago by Daniel M. Romanchik
Drop it!
As a long time reader of the Free Press the Kindle version was a total failure in my eyes. Why should I pay 6.99 a month for 1/2 the content I would get for free on their website? Read more
Published 11 months ago by YHS66
A Good Daily Read
Seven days a week the Free Press reliably delivers a nice compilation of national, state, and Detroit area news. Read more
Published 12 months ago by MI Feller
why do all kindle newspapers seem to SUCK?
I have yet to find a good newspaper on the kindle. the freep is worse than most... too few articles. Too many sports articles. not organized well. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Literate1
Helps me keep updated
I love this newspaper because it lets me stay informed about what's going on in Michigan without having to get my fingers dirty from the ink. Read more
Published 19 months ago by G. Fischer
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