PC Magazine and other mags - free for one year

TadW · 11-21-2008, 08:04 AM

The PC Magazine (which decided to go 100% digital) offers a one-year subscription for free using the following link:

http://goreadgreen.com/pc-magazine/

You are required to enter an email address, and you'll need to set up an account with Zinio in order to read the magazines.

If you want to see how Zinio looks like, you can check out the following sample issue of PC Magazine: http://www.zinio.com/express3?issue=316996843&o=ext

Now, there are other free mags available as well, including Men's Journal, iPhone Life, Parenting, MIT Technology Review, Yoga, US News, Penthouse, Playboy and Popular Science. Find them here:

http://goreadgreen.com/category/subscriptions/featured/

The catch: you can subscribe to only one magazine per email address which is the same as your Zinio Account.

Arc|Angel · 11-22-2008, 03:12 PM

Zinio is a nightmare for spamming like crazy once you sign up (or at least it was when I joined it a couple of years ago).

Donnageddon · 11-22-2008, 08:10 PM

Good point AA, that is why I use a gmail account I keep just for that purpose.

peterbbb · 11-23-2008, 04:42 AM

I subscribe to Zinio already and I can't say I have noticed a particular increase in spam.

Free stuff here I come.

curtw · 11-23-2008, 05:50 PM

What is their download format? I've tried clicking "Download" on the PCMag sample issue, but nothing happens. If it's Adobe, I'm in. If I need a special plug-in, fuhgettabouttit.

CleverClothe · 11-23-2008, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by curtw

What is their download format? I've tried clicking "Download" on the PCMag sample issue, but nothing happens. If it's Adobe, I'm in. If I need a special plug-in, fuhgettabouttit.

Looks like they have their own DRM scheme. So you need to use their reader or their online reader.

JSWolf · 11-23-2008, 06:50 PM

Reading the sample issue online is highly annoying. And I did get errors with some pages not properly downloading. All in all, not worth it.

garygibsonsf · 11-23-2008, 11:15 PM

I actually found this quite interesting, and went for Popular Science instead. For some reason I don't mind reading pdf-style magazines on my computer screen.

RWood · 11-24-2008, 12:48 AM

Some magazines like MaximumPC post all but their current issue online for all to read with a minimum of disturbance. In fact, in their free PDF downloads they strip out the ads from the original issue. This is open to all without signing up or giving an email address, not just those that subscribe to the magazine.

peterbbb · 11-24-2008, 02:19 AM

I subscribe to a computer mag from Zinio and read it on screen. It is a little different but worth persevering with.

11-21-2008, 08:04 AM	#1
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	PC Magazine and other mags - free for one year The PC Magazine (which decided to go 100% digital) offers a one-year subscription for free using the following link: http://goreadgreen.com/pc-magazine/ You are required to enter an email address, and you'll need to set up an account with Zinio in order to read the magazines. If you want to see how Zinio looks like, you can check out the following sample issue of PC Magazine: http://www.zinio.com/express3?issue=316996843&o=ext Now, there are other free mags available as well, including Men's Journal, iPhone Life, Parenting, MIT Technology Review, Yoga, US News, Penthouse, Playboy and Popular Science. Find them here: http://goreadgreen.com/category/subscriptions/featured/ The catch: you can subscribe to only one magazine per email address which is the same as your Zinio Account.

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11-22-2008, 03:12 PM	#2
Arc\|Angel Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony Reader 505	Zinio is a nightmare for spamming like crazy once you sign up (or at least it was when I joined it a couple of years ago).

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Donnageddon Now you lishen here... Posts: 2,494 Karma: 479498 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Seattle-ish Device: Sony PRS-650. Kobo Touch, Kindle Fire	Good point AA, that is why I use a gmail account I keep just for that purpose.

11-23-2008, 04:42 AM	#4
peterbbb BoyReader Posts: 151 Karma: 308 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Llangollen, North Wales, UK Device: Cybook Gen3 and now Kindle 3	I subscribe to Zinio already and I can't say I have noticed a particular increase in spam. Free stuff here I come.

11-23-2008, 05:50 PM	#5
curtw Outside of a dog Posts: 863 Karma: 4457646 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston, TX Device: Kindle Voyage	What is their download format? I've tried clicking "Download" on the PCMag sample issue, but nothing happens. If it's Adobe, I'm in. If I need a special plug-in, fuhgettabouttit.

11-23-2008, 06:50 PM	#7
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,998 Karma: 128903378 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Reading the sample issue online is highly annoying. And I did get errors with some pages not properly downloading. All in all, not worth it.

11-23-2008, 11:15 PM	#8
garygibsonsf Addict Posts: 321 Karma: 432192 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite	I actually found this quite interesting, and went for Popular Science instead. For some reason I don't mind reading pdf-style magazines on my computer screen.

11-24-2008, 12:48 AM	#9
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	Some magazines like MaximumPC post all but their current issue online for all to read with a minimum of disturbance. In fact, in their free PDF downloads they strip out the ads from the original issue. This is open to all without signing up or giving an email address, not just those that subscribe to the magazine.

11-24-2008, 02:19 AM	#10
peterbbb BoyReader Posts: 151 Karma: 308 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Llangollen, North Wales, UK Device: Cybook Gen3 and now Kindle 3	I subscribe to a computer mag from Zinio and read it on screen. It is a little different but worth persevering with.

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