No real time to distill this, but I had an IM convo with a friend who works at the Republic. It was precipitated by this. Are there any papers out there delivering a version for the eReaders? (UPDATE: Apparently there are, according to the Kindle product page) Would you read it?
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Vox: have they started doing anything like a version for electronic readers like the Sony one or even the Kindle?
Vox: I would subscribe to an eReader edition that popped up there every morning.
Vox: I like the traditional newspaper layout/feel – but not the traditional price/delivery method
Friend: i think it’d be too consuming on our part to try and port that over… we do have this thing called “e-edition”
Vox: It would seem like the ‘layout’ portion would already be done, just like the print edition – but print it to a .pdf type version
Friend: it’d be hard to navigate from an electronic device, in my opinion
Friend: plus, the Republic wouldn’t supply it for free
Vox: same as a book
Vox: I would pay for it, especially if I could pick which sections I wanted
Friend: yeah, that’s not gonna happen either
Friend: besides, why would you wanna read yesterday’s news today?
Vox: so easy for AZ Republic to monetize with subscription fees and ads
Vox: because, like most people I know, I like the paper – I like layout, the leisure, the depth
Vox: odd that online stories, where there is really no size limitation, are so much shorter
Friend: personally, i would prefer the print product over reading it on a kindle
Friend: we’ve had this discussion
Vox: I like the print product, but I am only willing to pay for Sunday – and then only because of the ads
Friend: you can get just sunday
Vox: I do – though I usually pick it up instead of subscribing
Vox: case I am not in the mood one week
Friend: ah
Friend: we thank you for wanting it because of the ads
Vox: and the comics
Vox: kinda liking that e-edition
Vox: would like something like that (e-edition) that I could carry in a reader, take on the bus, say, or to an appointment, to lunch – awesomeness
Friend: well, when we hire enough people, i’m sure we’ll think about it
Vox: heh
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Not long after, I found they did have a Kindle version. Sweet
Or, not so sweet
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