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Seattle Weekly Goes Kindle

march 8, 2012 10:49 am

Kindle and Kindle Fire owners can now subscribe to Seattle Weekly for $1.99 per month:

That's right: We're a free weekly that's CHARGING for our Kindle edition! There are a couple reasons for this. First, there are no ads on the Kindle edition. Second, there are no free periodical subscriptions on the Kindle store.

This comes a few months after Seattle Weekly released a Kindle edition of its Reverb Monthly music magazine, also for a fee.

"I was not surprised to learn there are quite a few of our music readers who enjoy reading our prose on a Kindle, and are willing to pay a modest fee for the convenience," writes music editor Chris Kornelis.

And by using Amazon's distribution channel, they avoid the hassle of dealing with things like this.

View full article at Seattle Weekly