Best part of my day

I was very very upset when you made the decision to stop daily paper delivery except on Sundays. All my adult life, the first thing I do is get your newspaper off the front porch and read it cover to cover. I am 73 years old and a lifetime resident of Arkansas. The morning paper is the very best part of my day and the most peaceful time.

I have traveled all over the country and buy an out-of-state newspaper each morning when traveling. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is the best newspaper I have ever read, and that includes papers in Dallas, San Antonio, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, New Orleans and many other large cities. While I am not an authority on journalism, I have written and published one book, along with over 100 medical articles.

That is why I was especially upset I would no longer receive your wonderful printed paper each morning. However, I can understand home delivery of printed news is not economically profitable. I even suggested to a friend of mine that you raise the annual subscription rate to $1,000. I’d pay it, but most probably wouldn’t.

I went to my lakehouse in Hot Springs on Labor Day weekend, but there was no Democrat-Gazette anywhere. My daughter linked me up to Arkansas Online as a last resort.

I never thought in a million years anything could take the place of my morning paper. I was wrong. You have hit a grand-slam home run with your online newspaper, in the exact same order and the same good journalistic reporting. I am an old-codger newspaper reader addicted to printed paper who you have amazingly converted to online news. You will be successful in converting the other old print addicts to online news and therefore have greater profitability.

I know it was a big gamble to make this decision, but you hit the jackpot. Congratulations! GENE GRAVES Little Rock