The Wall Street Journal Kindle and Digital Plus [Kindle Edition]

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Product Description

Subscribe to The Wall Street Journal Kindle and Digital Plus and get access to WSJ on all Kindle e-Ink devices, the WSJ Kindle Fire App, Kindle for iPad, Kindle for Android, WSJ.com, the WSJ iPad app, and all WSJ smartphone apps. Experience everything you love about The Journal including, What’s News, Opinion, Marketplace, Money & Investing, Greater New York, Personal Journal, WSJ Weekend and more – anytime, anywhere from any device.

The Wall Street Journal is the world's leading business and financial news publication, delivering the most crucial news of the day, insightful opinion and fair-minded analysis. The Journal delivers expert insight on the market and economy and how both can impact everyday finances and personal investment. Over 2,000 journalists from across the globe provide on-the-ground coverage of world news, political events, and emerging technologies, providing reliable, accurate reporting you can trust. In addition to global and national news, The Journal provides dedicated coverage of the Greater New York area, with local news and features every day. WSJ Weekend, is delivered each Saturday. This recently redesigned edition not only offers business and economic news, but also includes our thought-provoking Review section, and Off Duty, featuring interests that readers are most passionate about, including: Cooking & Eating, Style & Fashion, Adventure & Travel and Design & Decorating.

The Kindle Edition of The Wall Street Journal contains articles found in the print and online editions, but does not include tables and stock quotes. For your convenience, issues are automatically delivered wirelessly to your Kindle starting at 5:00 AM New York City local time. Please note that The Wall Street Journal publishes only Monday through Saturday.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• Publisher: Wall Street Journal
• Sold by: Dow Jones & Company
• ASIN: B000FDJ0FS
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (373 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #2 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

902 of 921 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Yep - Good but not Great, December 14, 2007

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M. Yergin (Novi, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wall Street Journal Kindle and Digital Plus (Kindle Edition)

I've been giving the kindle version of the WSJ a try for the last week. I'm also currently a print version subscriber, but not an WSJ Online subscriber. I agree with a previous reviewer that this is a good but not great product. Here's what's good:

- Ready for me to read every morning, and I don't have to go outside to get it.
- Includes articles from the Online version at the end. I've not seen anyone comment on this. This is nice, and allows news that breaks after the paper goes to press to be added to the download.
- Easier to read (no fighting with the paper itself)
- Hands stay clean
- Searchable
- At $120 per year, this is a good value vs. the print version at $250 per year. And I don't think comparisons to the cost of WSJ online are valid. The kindle version can go with you and be read anywhere, just like the paper version. The online version cannot.
- No ads

Here's what I need to see to call it great (are you reading this WSJ?):

- The What's News section. NO IDEA why this is not included now. Makes no sense. No pictures - that I understand. But why the What's News section is not included is beyond me.
- I want every article to have a small lead-in after the headline like what is included with the articles found on page one of every section. This gives me some idea of what the article is about because the article headline is not always descriptive enough. Even if you just give me the first sentence... With the paper version you can quickly scan the the first few sentences to see if this is an article of interest. Can't do this with the way the current kindle version of the paper is produced.
- I do miss the the pictures, althought the famous WSJ line drawing head shots are included. Would like to see some pictures eventually.

Ultimately, I think I will convert to the kindle edition. If some of my wish list items above are added, it will be a no-brainer.

1,329 of 1,366 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Price doesn't make sense, May 14, 2008

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Stephen "grown up kid" (Aurora, CO, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wall Street Journal Kindle and Digital Plus (Kindle Edition)

First of all, having the WSJ delivered when I am at home or on the road is a great feature. I like the Kindle Edition enough to want to keep it.

However, I have to agree with others here that say the pricing makes absolutely no sense:

$99/year for the WSJ print edition with the Online Web edition included.

$119.88/year ($9.99/month) for the Kindle edition just doesn't make sense. Especially since the Kindle edition has fewer features, and almost none of the Pictures.

So apparently the extra $20/year is for Whispernet delivery. That makes no sense because I could buy the Web edition and read it through the Kindle Browser for no additional charge.

Amazon, the pricing on this makes no sense. Either get the WSJ people to include the Web edition in the price tag, or lower the price $30 or so per year. Less content for a greater price is simply not a good deal.

571 of 584 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Price increase kills it!, May 23, 2009

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R. Musumeci - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wall Street Journal Kindle and Digital Plus (Kindle Edition)

It was really nice to have the WSJ delivered electronically to my Kindle, but the recent price increase to $14.99 a month really kills the concept.
The original price was $9.99 per month, or $120 per year...a slight premium to the $103 you would pay for the online version. It was worth it at that price for the convenience of having it on the Kindle. With the recent price increase of 50% to $14.99 per month, or $180 per year, it really is not worth it. I also can't imagine what their justification is for charging a 75% premium for the Kindle version. Finally, it seems rather predatory of them to initially price it at $9.99 and then increase it to $14.99 after getting a bunch of people to spend the money for the device...we are now a captive audience and it seems they are going to extract whatever they can from us. Don't buy it.