McClatchy is offering abridged, advertising-free digital versions of five newspapers – including The News & Observer and the Charlotte Observer in North Carolina – on the Kindle reader.
The Kindle service is a product of Amazon and offers about 50 periodicals (including The Erotic Picture Blog). Kindle newspapers are free for a two-week trial, and then McClatchy’s papers will be $6.99 a month, according to Editor & Publisher.
“The Kindle Edition of The News & Observer contains articles found in the print and online edition, but will not include some images and tables,” the Amazon description says. “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 starting at 7:30 a.m. Raleigh local time.” The paper edition shows up at most subscribing homes about 3:30 a.m.
Also available are The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee, the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram in Texas, and the Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News. The Kansas City Star, The Miami Herald and others are to be available soon, E&P says.
McClatchy announced the new service on its Facebook page, according to E&P. There’s an “N&O on Kindle” link to Amazon at the top of The N&O’s homepage.
The N&O ranked No. 2,982 in the Kindle Store Monday morning.