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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine

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Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine is a tip-top magazine (assuming, of course, that you like mysteries). Short stories from the industry's brightest talents as well as helpful reviews. However, much as I like Kindle editions, one of the things that I like most about them is that they're usually significantly less expensive than printed editions. For some reason, the Kindle edition of the Ellery Queen Mystery magazine is priced higher than the print edition, which has full color glossy cover art and interesting advertisements that are not reproduced in the Kindle edition.

As a mystery/thriller fan, it was a great treat to see Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine offered on the Kindle. My Kindle edition of the initial issue offered included 9 short stories, including a great Lawrence Block "Keller" story and a new English translation of a wonderful Japanese mystery set in the world of the Japanese police. There was also a short review column on mystery blogs and a meaty, interesting book review column. The issue was rounded out by a nice reproduction of the print edition's cover, two cute poems (crime-oriented, of course), and announcement of the magazine's 2007 Reader Awards.

At the end of each story, one is given the option to jump back to the table of contents to select another story, but I chose to just sail right through and read the whole edition "cover to cover". That's something I never did with the print edition for some reason. I guess just seeing one nicely presented page at a time on the Kindle versus seeing one big intimidating digest all at once makes all the difference for us readers who battle an occasional lazy streak.

I'll likely check out one or two other Dell magazines offered on the Kindle. It was a nice diversion from the regular reading of my Kindle novel and news blogs to enjoy a piece of short fiction every day or so (I made this first issue last about two weeks). But, whatever other Dell titles I end up trying out, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine is likely to be the one ongoing, regular visitor to my Kindle each month.

Note: Amazon frequently updates the presentation the 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 was very excited to find out that Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine is now available for the Kindle. I love the magazine, but often I find that I get behind on reading it. My dogs ate my last one. Literally. I've been looking for more content for the Kindle, because it is so handy to carry with me in the car.

I had never heard of this magazine before so I must give praise to Amazon's Kindle for bringing this magazine to my attention. If you love mysteries you will enjoy your subscription to this magazine.

The only issue I have is the fact that I can purchase the magazine for $.50US less a month ($6.00US annually) which I could spend on another book for my Kindle. If it weren't for the price difference on the kindle version, I would say this was a 5 star purchase.

I love this magazine, but as others have noted, it's more expensive in E-version than it is in paper version. That's just not right, and it's apparently Amazon who is setting the pricing, NOT the publisher (I wrote and inquired).

I'd buy the E-version for a better price. Until then I'll stay with the "dead tree" version

My only complaint in the past concerning EQMM was its lack of a decent index and the inability to "toggle" from one story to the next. With this month's issue, those complaints have been resolved. It is now as user-friendly as my other newspapers and magazines. With regard to all the complaints concerning price, do you seriously think that $ 2.99 per month is unreasonable? You'll spend that much in gas driving to and from your local bookstore to "save" the fifty cents on the cover price.

I have been reading Ellery Queen for years and I love the great stories I find there. I think my favorite thing is getting to discover new writer's and different sides to author's I thought I knew so well. It's always a great read and I can't tell you how happy I am to have it on my Kindle. No more going to the bookstore to find it not delivered yet, or worse, sold out already! Thanks Amazon!

I downloaded EQMM yesterday and keep reading it even though I have tons of books waiting to be read, love the stories and will be more than happy to pay the 2.99 after the 14 day free trial ends.
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine After reading a lot of books on my kindle it is nice to settle down with a quick mystery and a cup of tea.

Let's all write to Dell to convince them to lower the price of their kindle editions.

This title now costs less than the print edition - so I respectfully disagree with the reviewer who claims that it costs more than the print edition.

The only issue is that you cannot bookmark any story in the middle. So if you quit a long story before the end you have to page through the whole thing again. This is annoying to say the least and should be relatively easy to fix.