Product Description Noted as the bestselling consumer magazine in America, the family-oriented Reader's Digest Express aims to "inform, entertain and inspire." The RD Express features articles on a variety of different topics ranging from politics to health to entertainment.
The Kindle Edition of Readers Digest contains most of the articles found in the print edition, but will not include all images. For your convenience, issues are auto-delivered wirelessly to your Kindle at the same time the print edition hits the newsstand.
Engaging material, with graphics that stand outAugust 6, 2008 Can't say I've subscribed yet, but I have picked up an occasional issue of Reader's Digest on the Kindle. It's a good mix of light feature pieces (an entertaining profile of actor Pierce Brosnan was a good read) and long, detailed investigative articles (good one on the airline industry in the same issue). You also get actual captioned cartoons (a rarity on the Kindle!) and other fun elements.
You also get another bonus. If there's one criticism I have of Kindle blogs and magazines, it's visual sameness. The New York Times looks like Newsweek which looks like The Philadelphia Inquirer, etc. But Reader's Digest on the Kindle looks like, well... Reader's Digest. You get the sharp, catchy graphics of the print edition (with the headline and sub-headlines of a story often embedded within the main photo just like in the regular magazine), and other pieces of visual flair- like the cartoons mentioned earlier- carried over from the magazine, too. I guess it's a small point (as content is really the most important thing), but it's nice seeing a Kindle magazine that looks truly different from other Kindle magazines. With luck this will be the beginning of a trend.
But, yeah, give an issue a shot. Even if you usually read weightier fare on your Kindle, you may just find the content and visual flair of Reader's Digest on the Kindle to be an occasional refreshing change.
Enjoyable and InformativeJuly 23, 2008 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Honestly, I hadn't picked up a Reader's Digest since I was a kid reading WWII dated ones at my Grandma's house back in the 70's. I have always associated them as 'old folks' reading, although we used to grab them to read at her house!
Given a free sample on my Kindle I soon found myself engrossed in stories, information and puzzles that I thoroughly enjoyed. The graphics, photos and comics showed up surprisingly clearly (better than most blogs on the Kindle) and the formatting worked nicely.
I'll keep the subscription, it's great for little snippets of reading.
Karen in Colorado
very goodJuly 13, 2008 This is my first kindle magazine and it is pretty nice. reasonable price. good info. no ads and quickly downloaded to my kindle.
I really enjoyed it. quick read.
Not a magazine!!!May 30, 2008 1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Way low fidelity. It's like reading basic html pages. It's fine for newspapers and I'm fine reading the WSJ this way but I miss the images, color, and the visual experience of reading a magazine. I admit that I may be biased since I work for a company that produces, sells and distributes digital magazines that are exact replicas of the print edition...
great light reading on the goMay 3, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
i have never tried readers digest until i got it on my kindle. i have to say it is great. its not heavy reading; it is light and simple with jokes quotes and stories. i love this magazine on my kindle!
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