Popular Mechanics [Kindle Edition]

by Hearst Magazines

Editorial Reviews

Popular Mechanics is where innovation meets inspiration, explaining the latest technology and how to use it in the world around us. Subscribe to Popular Mechanics for everything you need to know about automotive, home, outdoors, science, and technology.

Product Details

• Publisher: Hearst Magazines (October 19, 2011)
• Issues: 11 issues / year
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005WYKGGM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,989 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #48 in Kindle Store > Kindle Magazines > Lifestyle & Culture
• Your name, billing address and order information will be shared with the publisher.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Ready for the Kindle Fire November 17, 2011

By Janet Harwood

Because PM has a lot of text and photo insets, resizing the fonts to make each inset readable results in an unstable page and frequent unintended turning of pages.

If the magazine is ever formatted for the Fire, it will be a killer app. Until then, hardcopy is the best route to go for reading pleasure without stress.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Must be Changed to Text View!!! December 29, 2011

By Andre Richards

When I first received the Kindle Fire, all of the magazines appeared to be unreadable. You had to zoom and scroll, and it was problematic. Then I figured out that there is a Text View, which separates the articles. For instance in the "Tech Watch" section, all of the articles are separated, where in the print version a few topics are discussed on one page. To do this, click on the menu button at the bottom, which brings up the list of articles. Then click on Text view at the top of the page. Much Better. I do not understand why the Fire defaults on page view, it is almost unreadable.

I love the magazine, and have been a subscriber for the past 15 years or so. I did not like having the magazines pile up, and then having to throw them away every couple of months. Also when I travel, its much easier to pick up the Kindle Fire and go, as opposed to a stack of magazines. All of the columns that I am used to appear to be in the digital version.

I can understand the increased price. Many other Kindle Fire magazines are the same. When you view the magazine in the text version, you don't see advertisements. I read somewhere that because of this, many advertisers only pay for the print version, not the digital versions. Its only a couple of dollars more a year, I wish this were not the case. If you view the magazine in Page view, you will still see the ads.

If the Kindle Fire app had a better Page view, or it defaulted on text view, this would be a five star item for me. Also it would help if the price was a little closer to the print version.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor eCopy Formating November 29, 2011

By Michael J. D. Auben

Like the previous reviewer, I've canceled my subscrition due to the poor compatability of the layout of the pages of this magazine with the Kindle. The text is broken into multiple columns, sidebars, and boxes which are difficult to continually scroll and resize to read, there is no provision to zoon into photos, etc. I was really looking forward to using my Kindle Fire not only for reading books, but magazines, too. Unfortunatly, until the magazine publishers start formating their emagazines to optimize them for viewing on a reader or computer screen, I guess I'll just keep waiting.