I was very happy and interested in the Economist on Kindle despite the cost until I learned that the subscriber content on the Economist web site is not included. This content which includes archived articles and the audio edition is only available to print or web subscribers. More info is available from the Economist @ 1-800-456-6086. For the cost involved the Kindle subscription should at least equal the print subscription benefits.
Rating: 1 / 5

I heard a report on NPR the other day regarding the cost to publish with Amazon… Amazon gets 70% of the revenue… the publisher gets 30%. So don’t think the high pricing is all the publishers fault.

I love my Kindle, I love the Economist, and I am a loyal Amazon shopper, but not at this price. I’ll stick with the print edition.

Note: I left a similar comment yesterday… Amazon deleted it. Guess they don’t want you to know what their cut is!!!
Rating: 2 / 5

It isn’t just too expensive. I would feel like a complete sucker if I paid $2.42 per ISSUE on the Kindle when the Economist web site offers a the same deal:

“Four risk-free trial issues of The Economist, plus 47 additional issues – 51 in all for $2.49 an issue (total of $126.99). You’ll save 64% off the newsstand price.

Do they really expect consumers to ignore the fact that they have a much lower Cost-of-Sale when selling the digital version? It HAS to be cheaper. I’m not willing to feel like I’ve been suckered.
Rating: 1 / 5

Magazine – 5 stars

Kindle price – 1 star

Aside from the controversy between the Kindle price and regular paper subscription price, anyone can do a Google search and find the code that will pull the latest issue off of the website, reasonably format it (though not exactly like the Amazon edition) and then all you have to do is “translate” it with Mobipocket and dump it on your Kindle…all for FREE. And yes, I get all of the articles and pictures. And I can get the latest issue AS SOON as it hits the website. I just did the 14 day trial and they sent me…last week’s issue (?!?)…when I can clearly see the new issue on the website. So all I’m asking is, meet us somewhere in the middle of Free and the $10 you are charging.

(I do subscribe to the print edition, but as far as I can tell, I am not logged in to the Economist website, so anyone can get this mag on their Kindle for free, with the proper tools)
Rating: 1 / 5

This price is more than silly. Yes, it’s a great magazine. Everyone knows the content is top notch. But this price borders on arrogance, I’m sorry.
Rating: 1 / 5