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 The New York Times $1.00 After my two week trial, I have elected to cancel. For my purposes, the NYT.com/Today's Headlines email version is preferable to the Kindle version. It is icing on the cake that the former is free. The Kindle version has the advantages of a physically more convenient format for reading, not requiring an active internet connection, and a larger selection of articles. Where it falls short for me is in what I will call skimability. The list of articles in each section is represented by a headline followed by a one line subhead which is usually truncated and not a complete sentence, let alone a cogent summary of the subject of the article. It is usually necessary to navigate to the article itself to determine if the subject is of interest. The Today's Headlines product is sent as an email each day at 2 am. It is a very efficient format to scan for things of interest, more akin to how one interacts with a print version. Each major section heading is followed by 3 or 4 headlines. Each of these is accompanied by a one (complete) sentence description of the content of the article. It is a simple matter to follow the link in the email summary to the full text of the article in the online version. Admittedly, this is a more concise version with fewer articles than the Kindle version and requires an active internet connection. But, it is sufficient to the time I have available for reading it and I spend more time reading and less time searching. This would seem to be a fixable problem. The Kindle version needs a full sentence summary of each article in the list of articles not a description which is automatically truncated by the system depending on the font size in use.  The New York Times:The Complete Front Pages 1851-2009 Updated Edition $60.00 The DVD's are amzing, but despite the improvement some front pages seem to be missing : The Western editions of February and March 1963 (during a strike), despite the fact that articles exist for those dates according to the New York Times archives. Still, wonderful product.  The Land Before Time - 2 Mysteries Beyond The Great Valley $19.98 My 5 year old nephew absolutely loves this series of movies and episodes. He watches them over and over again. Each movie and episode has a very positive message. Issues such as sharing, friendship, lying, and family are covered in an entertaining way. Your kids will love these and you will love them for their positive messages. |
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