The Washington Post | 
| Publisher: The Washington Post Company
Category: Digital Text Feeds
Buy New: $9.99
Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 106
Format: Newspaper Subscription
Media: Kindle Edition
Subscription Length: 0 Months
ASIN: B000HC48T0
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Product Description
Founded almost a century ago, the Washington Post is the oldest daily serving the D.C. area, and is considered one of America's pre-eminent newspapers. Focusing on news and information about the White House and the U.S. government in general, it is the 6th largest newspaper in the United States with a weekday circulation of 656,297 and a Sunday readership of close to 930,619. This publication covers topics ranging from politics, government, technology, business, health, sports, travel and style. The Washington Post launched a website in 1996 (www.washingtonpost.com), and is a 24-7 information site offering breaking news, analysis and opinion on national, world and local events. Coverage features in-depth reporting by Washington Post journalists, multimedia and interactive features like live online discussions and blogs. The Kindle Edition of The Washington Post contains articles found in the print edition, but will not include some images and tables. Also, some features such as the crossword puzzle, box scores and classifieds are not currently available. For your convenience, issues are automatically delivered wirelessly to your Kindle so you can read them each morning.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 The Washington Post Rocks August 10, 2008
I was so excited to see I could get The Wash Post right on my Kindle I have read the Post for years and love it. Thank you for making it so easy to get every morning.
The reason I bought the Kindle in the first place August 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We lived in the DC area for five years after 9/11, doing our part to make the country safer. We fell in love with the reach of the news, covering not just the DC area but overseas as well. When we returned to Tucson we missed having the breadth of The Washington Post available, and were not able to receive the Post here. When I found it was available on the Kindle I bought both the Kindle and a subscription within the hour. I have been thrilled with both ever since. I love getting up in the morning, turning on my Kindle and telling my husband, "the paper's here" without getting dressed or even leaving the house. Because of the time difference, if either of us is up in the middle of the night, we often get the Post hours before our local paper is delivered. I do miss having the 3 pages of comics but I hope that someday they will be included. In the meantime, I do not feel so isolated from the rest of the world. And it is nice to keep track of what our Reps. and Senators are doing. I highly recommend both the Kindle and The Washington Post, as long as one keeps that grain of salt on hand.
 worst article descriptions July 22, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
forget about it. the descriptions of the articles are so hopeless that subscribing is futile. i am going to give up on the free trial.
 Missing what makes the paper a paper July 15, 2008
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
I just got my Kindle over the weekend as a gift and was delighted that I could read the local paper -- the Washington Post-- on it. However, after a few days of trying, I'm pretty confident that I will not be subscribing to the Kindle version of the Post. Why?
1) It's not a real replacement for the paper. I miss the letters to the editor, the editorial cartoons, the comics pages, the crossword puzzle et al, and even the box scores so I can check on the hapless Cincinnati Reds.
2) While I'm generally delighted not to have any advertising, I do miss the classified ads. Also, sometimes, I do look at the ads if a sale is on.
3) No Sunday inserts, including coupons!
4) No pictures whatsoever. Sure, pictures are high-bandwidth, but they are an important part of how we communicate information.
5) Price. The paper is more expensive than a home delivery but is missing all the features I list above....
Now actually reading the paper July 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I subscribed to the paper edition of the Washington Post for many, many years. But several years ago I finally decided to stop delivery. I just found that the paper generally found its way to the recycle pile without having had much more than a glance at the headlines on the front page and a maybe few of the sections.
When I got my Kindle earlier this year I took advantage of the 14 day free trial and have been a happy subscriber ever since. It is very convenient to read in many situations where reading the print edition would be awkward or inappropriate. I find scanning the articles much easier to do on the Kindle than the paper edition.
My new morning routine involves quickly scanning the article list for each section and if it looks interesting I open the article and then bookmark it. Then throughout the day when opportunities arrive, I can go back and read the bookmarked articles. The only drawback with that is that all the bookmarks are named "next article".
I didn't realize how attached I had gotten to my Washington Post e-delivery until I was in an area without Whispernet access and missed a few days.
A few additional things that I would like to see: a few photos would be nice, the weather section (I enjoy looking at the worldwide highs/lows and forecasts), the Sunday Book section best seller lists (I think most Kindle owners are into books), and what can I say, the one section I used to read most frequently, the comics.
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