The Economist on the Kindle – works like a charm

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By Paul Biba

I was an Economist subscriber for many years but eventually dropped the magazine because I got tired of toting the paper version around. So when I saw the announcement that it was available on the Kindle I jumped at the chance to subscribe. Now I just turn my Kindle wireless on every Monday morning and I have a new issue of the magazine delivered. How incredibly convenient! (By the way, the magazine does not show up on the Kindle app for the iPhone. It seems to only be available on the actual Kindle, itself.)

I haven’t compared the Kindle and paper versions, but it certainly looks as if they are the same. The Kindle version includes graphs, charts and cartoons. I don’t feel that I’m missing anything.

Navigation is very clever. You can use the table of contents, which they call a sections list, or page through page by page. Even nicer, you can use the joystick to move forwards or backwards article by article, which makes it easy to skip an article you don’t want to read.

All in all, an excellent experience from both the content and ergonomic standpoint. I will be keeping my subscription ($10.49/month) and have no intention of going back to the paper edition. Highly recommended. I didn’t realize how much I missed it.

PS: it also underlines how great the wireless feature is. Owning an ereader without wireless is not an option, as far as I’m concerned.

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