I called Foreign Affairs (print edition) and asked how I can link my kindle to my print + digital subscription. They can't do that for me, because Foreign Affairs Kindle edition is presently provided by a separate company. What does this mean to subscribers?
The Kindle edition does not include online access to prior issues or additional articles that are available at foreignaffairs.com. The Kindle edition is reformatted specifically for reading on a Kindle. When I say reformatted, I mean much more than changing a page layout, which may be why some reviewers mentioned a delay receiving the Kindle edition. The kindle e-reader has icons for navigating sections of periodicals (these icons appear on the top menu on my kindle when viewing a periodical). Foreign Affairs Kindle edition organizes the magazine content into sections, and shows the article titles in each section. Navigation and browsing is easy. Also, each article has a length indicator at the bottom and shows the title of the next article. You can resize the print and the pages sort themselves out, just as for any kindle-format book. It's very comfortable to navigate and read Foreign Affairs using the Kindle edition. As I write this review, on Amazon there is a 30-day free trial to the Kindle edition, so you can compare it for yourself with no risk.
If you already have a digital subscription at foreignaffairs.com you can download & send the PDF format of the magazine to your kindle or other device. The PDF version is exactly like the print version - you can see the original page numbers and the ad pages as you scroll through. Kindle's "go to page" page number doesn't line up with the page numbers in the PDF so navigation isn't straightforward. The pages will display clearly but are fitted, initially, to the size of the e-reader screen. The letters are quite small on a kindle and if you enlarge the page to get bigger letters, you will have to constantly move/scan around the page to read an entire page (similar to using old microfiche machines). It is quite tedious to read a PDF format book or magazine on kindle unless you are comfortable with very small letters and prefer to flip through the entire magazine page by page. If that describes you, you probably won't get much out of the Kindle edition.
A couple of reviewers recommended a free application named Calibre that can reformat the digital subscription of Foreign Affairs and send to your kindle. The output it produces for kindle is, in some ways, superior to reading the PDF version on kindle, in that it does try to take advantage of the kindle navigation features for periodicals, but it isn't nearly as good as the Kindle edition offered on Amazon. At least one article seemed to be missing entirely, others weren't listed where they should have been or were combined under one title, and I couldn't read many of the articles unless I paged forward then backward then forward again. Calibre is not a realistic option unless perhaps you fix/edit the magazine format in the Calibre application before sending it to kindle.
The only reason I didn't give the Kindle edition 5 stars is that subscribers view Foreign Affairs as one magazine, not two, and Foreign Affairs should offer subscribers an option to add the Kindle edition onto their digital online subscription at a reduced package rate. Also, the delay between the print edition and the Kindle edition could be a significant annoyance unless it is within a few days.
Good reading in international affairs
I have been reading Foreign Affairs in print and on Kindle for decades. It is authoritative, balanced and written by some of the most distinguished foreign policy analysts in the world, both American and international. It is must reading for any student of international affairs.
The magazine is great but Amazon has a continual issue with automatic downloading. You need to call them each month or in this case every other month to get the magazine content to download. Numerous calls to the help desk fails to permanently resolve this so be prepared to call them monthly and spend 20 to 30 minutes asking for assistance. Management refuses to follow up with a permanent solution. This is true of all magazines via the newsstand every month.
Started with hard copy around 10 years ago but switched to digital almost 5. This is one of the best political, non partisan publication out there. Intellectual but never stuffy and features a variety of prominent writers. The articles themselves contain just the right amount of words and the balance between domestic and foreign is just perfect.
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Since its founding in 1922, Foreign Affairs has been the leading forum for serious discussion of international affairs. Experts from across the political spectrum offer timely and incisive analysis on the most crucial issues affecting foreign policy and the global economy.
The Kindle Edition of Foreign Affairs includes all essays and book reviews found in the print edition. For your convenience, issues are auto-delivered wirelessly to your Kindle at the same time the print edition hits the newsstand every two months.
Not too liberal, not too conservative. A good resource for insight.
I read Foreign Affairs to stay abreast of the views and opinions of many of the people who shape and oppose the activities of the US in the international arena. The essays are of sufficient length to provide an adequate understanding for the reasoning of the opinions expressed. It is also a great place to read reviews of the latest books on topics in this area.
One of the few actually thoughtful periodicals still around. If our current administration would read this thing regularly, their competency would be raised about 450%.
The in-depth information on international news and situations is second-to-none. I feel I have a better feeling of an event because of the unbiased coverage and perspective provided by the articles. I have been a fan of Foreign Affairs since the mid 1980’s.
"Foreign Affairs" should be mandatory reading for all who accept the fact that we are members of a global community, and that we are interdependent. The magazine offers well-balanced articles & essays on issues that affect us all. The magazine's title is a bit of a misnomer. It should really be called "Global Affairs" as it covers issues that concern us all, be it on this continent or the others.
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