What is a kindle ?

A few hours ago the New York Times put up it’s paywall so it can finally start charging for it’s content on the web. There are subscriptions available that give you unlimited access to the website, from your smartphone, and from tablets. If you already subscribe to the Times on the Kindle you don’t have to worry about getting another subscription to read the website.

Amazon has announced that Kindle subscribers will be able to access NYTimes.com for free like any other subscriber. There is no date for when that will happen, though. Subscribers will get an email “in the coming weeks” with the details, so until then it seems they’re out of luck. At least they still get full access to the Kindle version of the Times. When those subscribers do get full acces to the website it will be the same as if they paid to get the iPad app version of the paper. It’s not clear if they will get the same access to the Chrome Web app that iPad users get, though.

The only unfortunate aspect is that the Kindle subscription only works on Kindle devices, and not in the Kindle apps. The next big question is whether or not Nook subscribers or subscribers to the Times on any other eReader will get the same access.

Read [BusinessWire] via [TechCrunch]