Check out features of new eEdition
Those of you who are diligent cover-to-cover readers of The Enterprise might be rolling your eyes in exasperation as this column launches into the wonders of the newspaper’s new eEdition, but please stick with me. There are many interesting things to share about this innovation.
If you’ve missed earlier stories, an eEdition is an exact copy of the daily newspaper pages in an electronic format. It is NOT reading the newspaper on our Web page – they are two separate products with different reader features and opportunities.
It’s also deliverable to a variety of electronic devices – home computer, cell phone, smart phone, eBook, Kindle2 or Sony Reader – making it convenient, portable and the ultimate green experience for those concerned about the environment.
Other reader friendly features include:
-- Early arrival. The eEdition is available several hours before the print edition lands in your yard.
-- The ability for readers to e-mail stories or advertisements from the eEdition.
-- The capability to translate the newspaper into Spanish – or one of 10 other languages.
-- Options to display the newspaper in numerous ways, including one that shows all the pages in thumbnail format for quick scanning
-- A function that will allow your computer to actually read the stories aloud to you – think multi-tasking: you can listen to newspaper-quality news while exercising or getting ready for work in the morning
-- The ability to print pages of the Enterprise with a special function for crossword puzzle fans.
-- An archive of issues, enabling readers to view newspaper pages at their leisure.
So if your college student just moved to Massachusetts – or Austin – and wants to keep up with the news back home, this is a great solution. If Aunt Mildred just moved to Florida to be near her children, she can still read her Enterprise. Or if you live in a rural community where daily delivery isn’t an option, you no longer have to depend on the mailman to deliver your newspaper several days late.
Electronic delivery is $8.95 per month. Current print subscribers who want to add an eEdition subscription receive a discounted rate of $4.25 per month.
To check out the features of the new service via a demonstration, go to:
this link to check it out.
If you decide you’re ready to commit to this new era of journalism, you can click the eEdition button at the top right of the BeaumontEnterprise.com homepage or simply go to: this link to subscribe
or call 1-800-891-3638.
*****
Journalists aren’t exactly adrenaline junkies, but a major news event does get reporters and editors working in full action mode. Such was the case last Tuesday afternoon when our newsroom got word of a tornado touching down off Dowlen Road.
Multiple reporters and photographers headed to the scene, calling in stories that immediately were posted to the BeaumontEnterprise.com Web site.
We were proud of the job we did getting the news to our readers and heard positive feedback from many of them.
Among the interesting events related to the news-making tornado was the number of phone calls that came into the newsroom. Numerous radio stations, television stations and other media outside of Beaumont called our newsroom looking for details about the twister and related damage.
Initially, it struck as a bit odd – why wouldn’t they call the local electronic media, we wondered? Ultimately, we were gratified that people still recognize newspapers as the best source for the best information.
If you’ve missed earlier stories, an eEdition is an exact copy of the daily newspaper pages in an electronic format. It is NOT reading the newspaper on our Web page – they are two separate products with different reader features and opportunities.
It’s also deliverable to a variety of electronic devices – home computer, cell phone, smart phone, eBook, Kindle2 or Sony Reader – making it convenient, portable and the ultimate green experience for those concerned about the environment.
Other reader friendly features include:
-- Early arrival. The eEdition is available several hours before the print edition lands in your yard.
-- The ability for readers to e-mail stories or advertisements from the eEdition.
-- The capability to translate the newspaper into Spanish – or one of 10 other languages.
-- Options to display the newspaper in numerous ways, including one that shows all the pages in thumbnail format for quick scanning
-- A function that will allow your computer to actually read the stories aloud to you – think multi-tasking: you can listen to newspaper-quality news while exercising or getting ready for work in the morning
-- The ability to print pages of the Enterprise with a special function for crossword puzzle fans.
-- An archive of issues, enabling readers to view newspaper pages at their leisure.
So if your college student just moved to Massachusetts – or Austin – and wants to keep up with the news back home, this is a great solution. If Aunt Mildred just moved to Florida to be near her children, she can still read her Enterprise. Or if you live in a rural community where daily delivery isn’t an option, you no longer have to depend on the mailman to deliver your newspaper several days late.
Electronic delivery is $8.95 per month. Current print subscribers who want to add an eEdition subscription receive a discounted rate of $4.25 per month.
To check out the features of the new service via a demonstration, go to:
this link to check it out.
If you decide you’re ready to commit to this new era of journalism, you can click the eEdition button at the top right of the BeaumontEnterprise.com homepage or simply go to: this link to subscribe
or call 1-800-891-3638.
*****
Journalists aren’t exactly adrenaline junkies, but a major news event does get reporters and editors working in full action mode. Such was the case last Tuesday afternoon when our newsroom got word of a tornado touching down off Dowlen Road.
Multiple reporters and photographers headed to the scene, calling in stories that immediately were posted to the BeaumontEnterprise.com Web site.
We were proud of the job we did getting the news to our readers and heard positive feedback from many of them.
Among the interesting events related to the news-making tornado was the number of phone calls that came into the newsroom. Numerous radio stations, television stations and other media outside of Beaumont called our newsroom looking for details about the twister and related damage.
Initially, it struck as a bit odd – why wouldn’t they call the local electronic media, we wondered? Ultimately, we were gratified that people still recognize newspapers as the best source for the best information.
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