Comments on: WSJ & the Kindle: Puzzling Relationship http://www.contentious.com/2009/04/13/wsj-the-kindle-puzzling-relationship/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:36:42 +0000 hourly 1 By: WSJ Online Pricing Sends Mixed Market Signals | E-News U. Magazine http://www.contentious.com/2009/04/13/wsj-the-kindle-puzzling-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-1227450 WSJ Online Pricing Sends Mixed Market Signals | E-News U. Magazine Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:59:27 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/?p=2574#comment-1227450 [...] to WSJ.com currently costs $89 per year. ($99 per year if you want the print edition, too.) And, as I noted elsewhere, WSJ’s own subscription page currently doesn’t even mention subscribing via [...] [...] to WSJ.com currently costs $89 per year. ($99 per year if you want the print edition, too.) And, as I noted elsewhere, WSJ’s own subscription page currently doesn’t even mention subscribing via [...]

]]> By:   What’s Going on with WSJ Pricing? — contentious.com http://www.contentious.com/2009/04/13/wsj-the-kindle-puzzling-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-1227431   What’s Going on with WSJ Pricing? — contentious.com Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:27:31 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/?p=2574#comment-1227431 [...] to WSJ.com currently costs $89 per year. ($99 per year if you want the print edition, too.) And, as I noted earlier, WSJ’s own subscription page currently doesn’t even mention subscribing via [...] [...] to WSJ.com currently costs $89 per year. ($99 per year if you want the print edition, too.) And, as I noted earlier, WSJ’s own subscription page currently doesn’t even mention subscribing via [...]

]]> By:   Bookmarks for April 14th through April 22nd by andydickinson.net http://www.contentious.com/2009/04/13/wsj-the-kindle-puzzling-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-1227414   Bookmarks for April 14th through April 22nd by andydickinson.net Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:02:15 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/?p=2574#comment-1227414 [...] WSJ & the Kindle: Puzzling Relationship - "Could this Kindle story be an attempt by the Journal to nudge Amazon in a favorable business direction? The possibility is strong enough that I’m personally very skeptical about the WSJ article’s key claim. Either a more nuanced headline or stronger sourcing would have made this story less of an ethical gray area." [...] [...] WSJ & the Kindle: Puzzling Relationship – "Could this Kindle story be an attempt by the Journal to nudge Amazon in a favorable business direction? The possibility is strong enough that I’m personally very skeptical about the WSJ article’s key claim. Either a more nuanced headline or stronger sourcing would have made this story less of an ethical gray area." [...]

]]> By: Donna http://www.contentious.com/2009/04/13/wsj-the-kindle-puzzling-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-1227370 Donna Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:32:17 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/?p=2574#comment-1227370 Just read this disturbing bit at Consumerist.com... this (DRM) is also why I didn't use an iPod. "Amazon recently banned a customer for making what they considered too many returns, and when they did this they also disabled his Kindle account, although the returns were never related to Kindle purchases. So what happens when your Kindle account is taken away? Your Kindle still works, and the books you already bought for it will work, but you can't download those books ever again (better have made a backup on your PC!), you can't receive your magazine, blog, or newspaper subscriptions on it anymore, you can't email documents to Amazon to have them converted and sent to your Kindle, and you can't buy any new books for the device. That $360 device only works so long as Amazon decides it will work." Just read this disturbing bit at Consumerist.com… this (DRM) is also why I didn’t use an iPod.

“Amazon recently banned a customer for making what they considered too many returns, and when they did this they also disabled his Kindle account, although the returns were never related to Kindle purchases. So what happens when your Kindle account is taken away? Your Kindle still works, and the books you already bought for it will work, but you can’t download those books ever again (better have made a backup on your PC!), you can’t receive your magazine, blog, or newspaper subscriptions on it anymore, you can’t email documents to Amazon to have them converted and sent to your Kindle, and you can’t buy any new books for the device. That $360 device only works so long as Amazon decides it will work.”

]]> By: Robert McEwin http://www.contentious.com/2009/04/13/wsj-the-kindle-puzzling-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-1227345 Robert McEwin Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:48:04 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/?p=2574#comment-1227345 Amy, just for additional info... I was a WSJ print subscriber for years. WSJ has 3 different plans (4 now with Kindle). Print only, web only, print+web, kindle. I payed $360/yr for print+web. The web access bump to the print is less than web access only. I switched my WSJ to the Kindle2 on day 1. I suspected that I would lose full web access, which I did. You are right however, there ought to be way to get the Kindle edition + web access at a bundled rate. Regards, Robert Amy, just for additional info… I was a WSJ print subscriber for years. WSJ has 3 different plans (4 now with Kindle). Print only, web only, print+web, kindle. I payed $360/yr for print+web. The web access bump to the print is less than web access only.

I switched my WSJ to the Kindle2 on day 1. I suspected that I would lose full web access, which I did. You are right however, there ought to be way to get the Kindle edition + web access at a bundled rate.

Regards,
Robert

]]> By: Amy Gahran http://www.contentious.com/2009/04/13/wsj-the-kindle-puzzling-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-1227335 Amy Gahran Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:31:30 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/?p=2574#comment-1227335 I just updated the post to clarify: You can't easily tweet a web link (URL) from the Kindle, since you have to look it up elsewhere and then key it in, all rather a painful process on the Kindle. Most Kindle documents and articles do not show the equivalent URL for that content. - Amy Gahran I just updated the post to clarify: You can’t easily tweet a web link (URL) from the Kindle, since you have to look it up elsewhere and then key it in, all rather a painful process on the Kindle. Most Kindle documents and articles do not show the equivalent URL for that content.

- Amy Gahran

]]> By: hyloka http://www.contentious.com/2009/04/13/wsj-the-kindle-puzzling-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-1227334 hyloka Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:16:08 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/?p=2574#comment-1227334 You can tweet from the Kindle. Go to the browser, login to twitter and post a tweet. Pretty easy. You can tweet from the Kindle. Go to the browser, login to twitter and post a tweet. Pretty easy.

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