Yesterday while sitting around not feeling well I was browsing the Amazon Kindle web site and noticed that they have the Financial Times available for $9.99 per month.
I work from home and go out to lunch nearly every day in order to converse with actual people, instead of my keyboard. So, about 4 days a week I purchase either a Financial Times or (when Bookshop Santa Cruz is sold out), the Wall Street Journal. A quick calculation:
Kindle cost with FT subscription: $359.00 + (12 * $9.99) = $478.88
Buying the paper: ($2.71 * 4) * 52 = $563.68
So I have ordered a Kindle to try. There is a very Stranger in a Strange Land quality to this device.
One of my favorite books as a teenager, it includes a few paragraphs with a character reading an electronic book.
So, I’m excited. Hopefully it won’t be on back-order for too long!