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Politico [Kindle Edition]

by Politico
3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews) |
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Politico knows politics like no other news organization. Its newspaper and website are devoted to providing breaking news, insight and features that are anything but politics as usual. Politico's team is at the forefront, going beyond the basics of covering government and delving into the Oval Office, the halls of Capitol Hill and the hub of lobbying firms on K Street. Along with providing guest features from lawmakers and lobbyists alike, Politico showcases the work of renowned journalists, including Mike Allen, Jeanne Cummings, John F. Harris, Jonathan Martin, Roger Simon, Ben Smith and Jim VandeHei. With Politico on Kindle, you'll receive all of its featured content. The Kindle Edition of Politico contains articles found in the print edition, but will not include some images and tables. For your convenience, issues are automatically delivered wirelessly to your Kindle so you can read them each morning

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  • Publisher: Politico
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
  • ASIN: B001GCVHP8
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,558 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful
The Politico is one of my favorite spots online for political news, and I like to pick up the free paper edition here in the DC metro area whenever I can. I was actually looking forward to supporting them with real money. Alas, it is not to be.

Like with so many other Kindle newspapers, my problem is not with the content but with the formatting. They're all needlessly mangled in one way or another, but Politico manages to do a worse job than all I've seen. One problem has to do with they way they convert hyperlinks in articles--sometimes the link text is replaced with a URL, and sometimes the link text is missing entirely. The end result is something like:

- This morning, President Obama signed the example.com/someurl, which, according to House Democrats, should solve the ongoing .

Another fun touch, and I can't even offer a theory as to how this could happen, is that they randomly switch single and double quote marks, so you can't tell where internal quotes start and stop. Looks like this:

- Asked to elaborate on the Senator's comments, the staffer replied, 'He told me he knows "nothing beyond what's been revealed to the press,' so that's all I'll say."

I hope one day newspapers can get their acts together on Kindle. Here you have a captive audience who wants nothing more than to pay you real money for the digital content you're serving up free online, and you can't even hire an intern to write a decent script to convert that content to Kindle format.
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
I heard Politico was Left leaning, but I don't see it that way, and I'm Conservative. I find it pretty stright forward and interesting. It contains a good number of articles each day and some not found in the normal news.

As for the price.......Most of the Kindle Newspapers can be found free on the Net. Politico is no different. It's a Kindle thing. I like it.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
In my humble opinion, POLITICO is one of very few journals/magazines out there that actually worth the buck. And it also one of the very few spots, where QUALITY journalism still prevails. How do I know? Well, I can read :| It's as simple as that.
I'm amazed by all the people who say that $6 a month (a MONTH, people!) is a price too high for quality journalism. Well, I beg to differ. .21c (divided by 28 days) per issue for a daily newspaper is nothing. A price of 2 cups of coffee (a month) for top-notch writing is tremendous value.

Another fascinating comment was the fact that everything could be read on-line. Well, if you consider following links and navigation through a web site reading: touché, I guess...

I'm not affiliated in any possible way with POLICITO, matter of fact TODAY was the first time I read their issue. I've always known about them, just never read them until I got a Kindle. Anyhow, I like writing, and quality writing I simply love. POLITICO is as good as it gets: build from a ground-up, full of wit and insights. A delight.

P.S. The only reason why I hate buying anything from Amazon is their saucy profit-sharing agreements, where they get the majority of money and the actual creators of books, journals, etc get less than half. Amazon, what exactly are you doing that entitles you for more than half of the proceeds?!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
stick to free online content
I read politico.com daily for free and was thoroughly disapointed with the kindle edition, which charged six bucks a month for something that doesnt even update every day. Read more
Published 9 months ago by smoser2010
Overall, a nice package.
The whole pont of the kindle is portability. I subscrbie for that reason. Quality of writing is impressive, I consider this newspaper center, center left. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Joshua D Nadas
Insightfully political, good price
I find Politico is succinct, gives good political background, and is a fast read. The Washington Post provides good political analysis but you have to wade through local area... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Allen V. Murphy
Best coverage of national politics
Well balanced and great content. Politico focuses on politics, not policies, and they do it well.
Published 20 months ago by David Henderson
If you like following politics, this is worthwhile
I'm still in my trial period, but I plan to keep it. For $5.99, I can always get the latest on the political front, usually in more detail than I can find elsewhere.
Published on September 9, 2009 by R. Benfield
Perfect for commute
Don't like lugging your computer onto the bus and train to work so you can read Politico? Then subscribe to this. Don't commute to work? I would suggest not subscribing to this. Read more
Published on July 27, 2009 by Duane M. Berns
Politico will be my first subscription when I get a Kindle
People who are complaining about paying for a Politico subscription are missing the point of the Kindle. Read more
Published on February 23, 2009 by tall-latte
Too Expensive for What You Get.
Politico is an interesting blog, but it's not worth the price charged here on Amazon for the Kindle.
If it was priced in line with other blogs, perhaps $1. Read more
Published on January 20, 2009 by xdalaw
Too expensive
I won't pay $6 a month for content that's made available for free by its creators on the Internet.
Published on January 19, 2009 by glauber
Way overpriced
I think that $6/month for a blog that you can read for free on the internet is outrageous. if we just say no....they will be forced to lower the subscription. Read more
Published on January 16, 2009 by W. Greene
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