IIRC there was an analysis done by the New York Times which showed that it was much, much cheaper for them to ship a free Kindle to subscribers than to print an

IIRC there was an analysis done by the New York Times which showed that it was much, much cheaper for them to ship a free Kindle to subscribers than to print and ship them the physical paper for 6 months. Unfortunately the experience of reading a newspaper on the Kindle pretty much sucks. I disagree that the Kindle has to become a general content consumption device. I'd be very happy if it did its one thing well. What it's really missing (which the iPad provides) is a much higher level of interactivity - the eInk refresh kills it. I'm excited for the Notion Ink Adam just for this reason.