The Sacramento Bee [Kindle Edition]

by The McClatchy Company

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

The Sacramento Bee is the capitol newspaper for California. Reaching more than one million people each week, The Bee’s Pulitzer Prize winning journalists and photojournalists report and deliver local, state and national news to help you stay connected to what matters most. Part of the McClatchy Company, The Bee was established in 1857 and provides print, online and mobile news services.

The Kindle Edition of The Sacramento Bee contains articles found in the print edition, but will not contain all images, tables and sections. Some features may not be available. For your convenience, issues are automatically delivered wirelessly to your Kindle starting at 3:30 AM Sacramento local time.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• Publisher: The McClatchy Company
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• ASIN: B002IT5MVS
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,782 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #44 in Kindle Store > Kindle Newspapers > North America > U.S.
• Your name, billing address and order information will be shared with the publisher.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

34 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bee rocks, Kindle version is good enough for me, October 26, 2009

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Some Guy - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sacramento Bee (Kindle Edition)

The Sacramento Bee is a must-read for those interested in California politics and the Sacramento region. I originally wrote that the Kindle version is abridged to the point of uselessness. For example, on Sunday October 25, 2009 it only had 11 news articles and 8 region articles. No Forum, no Business, no Scene. The Bee has subsequently worked with Amazon to include most or all of their locally-written stories on Kindle, so it now includes enough content, including Business and Living Here sections, to suit my needs. I will remain a subscriber. The Kindle version does not (as of 11/4/09) include AP articles for national or world news, or even McClatchy (the Bee's parent) articles written in other bureaus like the D.C. bureau. So the Kindle version is useful for my local interests, but does not fully replace other sources of news as the printed Bee would.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very little articles for the $$, March 30, 2010

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M. Krueger "sastrugi" (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sacramento Bee (Kindle Edition)

I was disappointed and somewhat shocked by the quality of the content for Kindle - I like the Bee printed, but the Kindle version was $0.05 of info for $0.50! And the content editing was poor, one article was invalidly formatted and ended up tacked on to the article before it so it didn't show up on the Content page. Very very very abbreviated format, don't waste your money.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great way to read the Bee when traveling, March 17, 2010

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PT Cruiser "PT Cruiser" (CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sacramento Bee (Kindle Edition)

Waking up in a hotel room and reading your daily newspaper on a Kindle is a great way to go. You can download a single copy and take it with you when you leave your hotel without a lot of bulky papers to carry around. Did you ever try to read a paper copy of a newspaper on a plane without hitting the person next to you in the nose while turning the page? I never did learn the "bus fold" or "plane fold" way of folding the paper while reading where you end up with a origami frog or something by the time you finish. The Kindle is even better than that. You can read it in a small amount of space and you don't get ink all over your hands. And if you get interrupted and have to quit reading, the Kindle saves your place so you can go right back to where you were when you start up again. The Kindle also removes the old issue when you get a new one unless you choose to save it. So no taking out the trash with Kindle.

The Sacramento Bee contains a lot of information about what's happening in the state's capitol and the editorials and other commentary are usually interesting as well. The Kindle copies I've purchased had a lot of content and even some of the pictures, although they're in black and white. Actually, it's a pretty nice way to read the paper. If I didn't need the paper for the birdcages, I'd probably consider canceling the paper copy and subscribing on the Kindle.