I love Zinio!

ficbot · 06-15-2010, 04:28 PM

Thank you to whomever posted earlier about Zinio. I am so enjoying it. I always have loved magazines, but I would restrain myself because it was such a pain to store them. Now, I feel like I do not have to restrain myself. I have three subscriptions already and am thinking of getting more.

I worried briefly about the DRM issue, but then I realized that most information in magazines is not timeless anyway---I won't want to save it all for twenty years, necessarily. So if there is something I do want to save---I mostly am reading cooking and fitness magazines, so these are things like recipes, workout routines and monthly calendars with a tip a day sort of thing---I just use the screenshot feature, save the page I want, and then it's a regular old image I can store in iPhoto and do what I want with, the same way I used to clip articles from fitness magazines and store them in a binder.

And they are a good value, too. The cooking magazine was less than $15 for an entire year's worth of issues. I pay less than a book cost, once, and get a little present every month

I am enjoying it so much.

I am thinking of getting Yoga Journal, Food Network Magazine, Oprah Magazine, Body + Soul and National Geographic. I would never buy so many in one month if it were paper, but with e-magazine, it's so handy and I can read them as much as I want and not worry about paper.

DixieGal · 06-15-2010, 04:42 PM

You have convinced me. I want NatGeo! Couldn't see to read it for 3yrs. Maybe with zoom it will work.

murraypaul · 06-15-2010, 04:56 PM

National Geographic is really pretty

And quite cheap, I think $16 for a year.
It has some additional content over the printed magazine as well, extra photo galleries, some interviews and so on. It is a really good example of how you can convert from paper and improve at the same time.

DixieGal · 06-15-2010, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DixieGal

You have convinced me. I want NatGeo! Couldn't see to read it for 3yrs. Maybe with zoom it will work.

UPDATE: Got it, love it. Thanks!

Sweetpea · 06-16-2010, 02:16 AM

Hmm, I thought they were geographically restricted, but I can't find anything about that. So, maybe it's time for that NatGeo subscription after all! (if I can find it...)

Steven Lyle Jordan · 06-16-2010, 04:17 PM

I like the way Zinio works, and would love to be able to access all of my magazines in such a system.

Unfortunately, I'm not assured of the future supportability of Zinio, or of the mags (one of my mag subscriptions started out on Zinio, then switched to another, inferior service, prompting me to cancel the subscription).

That's why I'd much rather see a browser-based system that could be read on any device that handles browsers. Or a Zinio plug-in that operated within a browser.

Seabound · 06-17-2010, 09:17 PM

I installed Zinio Reader 4 Beta in my Ubuntu partition and it works quite well. It's a bit of a memory and CPU hot on my laptop but I'll take it. Too bad I had to install Adobe Air as well.

I noticed that one can easily share magazine pages using Zinio, even with people without a Zinio subscription (as far as I can tell). What an excellent feature. That alone motivates me to support Zinio.

athlonkmf · 06-18-2010, 09:30 AM

welcome to the club ( https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83447 )
although I believe you're reading zinio magazines on a desktop or so.

For those of you who are having trouble with regional bindings, you can buy a subscription which is not available to your region, if you just change your billing address. I guess I was not supposed to have a subscription to NG, NG traveller and reader's digest...

DixieGal · 06-18-2010, 09:46 AM

I'm in heaven with it! Just finished the free "Water" issue of NatGeo, and it was such a pleasure to read it again after a few yrs of not being able to see it. The photos are clear and perfect at very large zooms.

The largest text font was still too small for comfort, until I figured out that the articles can be copied to Pages, then globally enlarged to "subheadings" style. HUGE!

Love it, love it, love it!!!!!'!!!!!!'

06-15-2010, 04:28 PM	#1
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	I love Zinio! Thank you to whomever posted earlier about Zinio. I am so enjoying it. I always have loved magazines, but I would restrain myself because it was such a pain to store them. Now, I feel like I do not have to restrain myself. I have three subscriptions already and am thinking of getting more. I worried briefly about the DRM issue, but then I realized that most information in magazines is not timeless anyway---I won't want to save it all for twenty years, necessarily. So if there is something I do want to save---I mostly am reading cooking and fitness magazines, so these are things like recipes, workout routines and monthly calendars with a tip a day sort of thing---I just use the screenshot feature, save the page I want, and then it's a regular old image I can store in iPhoto and do what I want with, the same way I used to clip articles from fitness magazines and store them in a binder. And they are a good value, too. The cooking magazine was less than $15 for an entire year's worth of issues. I pay less than a book cost, once, and get a little present every month I am enjoying it so much. I am thinking of getting Yoga Journal, Food Network Magazine, Oprah Magazine, Body + Soul and National Geographic. I would never buy so many in one month if it were paper, but with e-magazine, it's so handy and I can read them as much as I want and not worry about paper.

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06-15-2010, 04:42 PM	#2
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	You have convinced me. I want NatGeo! Couldn't see to read it for 3yrs. Maybe with zoom it will work.

06-15-2010, 04:56 PM	#3
murraypaul Interested Bystander Posts: 3,725 Karma: 19728152 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Note 4, Kobo One	National Geographic is really pretty And quite cheap, I think $16 for a year. It has some additional content over the printed magazine as well, extra photo galleries, some interviews and so on. It is a really good example of how you can convert from paper and improve at the same time.

06-16-2010, 02:16 AM	#5
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	Hmm, I thought they were geographically restricted, but I can't find anything about that. So, maybe it's time for that NatGeo subscription after all! (if I can find it...)

06-16-2010, 04:17 PM	#6
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	I like the way Zinio works, and would love to be able to access all of my magazines in such a system. Unfortunately, I'm not assured of the future supportability of Zinio, or of the mags (one of my mag subscriptions started out on Zinio, then switched to another, inferior service, prompting me to cancel the subscription). That's why I'd much rather see a browser-based system that could be read on any device that handles browsers. Or a Zinio plug-in that operated within a browser.

06-17-2010, 09:17 PM	#7
Seabound Steerage Class Posts: 711 Karma: 505995 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest, USA Device: Won't fit here anymore, see sig for a list of liseuses.	I installed Zinio Reader 4 Beta in my Ubuntu partition and it works quite well. It's a bit of a memory and CPU hot on my laptop but I'll take it. Too bad I had to install Adobe Air as well. I noticed that one can easily share magazine pages using Zinio, even with people without a Zinio subscription (as far as I can tell). What an excellent feature. That alone motivates me to support Zinio.

06-18-2010, 09:30 AM	#8
athlonkmf Guru Posts: 714 Karma: 1014039 Join Date: May 2007 Device: Sony PRS-500, Sony PRS-505, Kindle 3, Sony PRS350, iPad 64GB	welcome to the club ( https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83447 ) although I believe you're reading zinio magazines on a desktop or so. For those of you who are having trouble with regional bindings, you can buy a subscription which is not available to your region, if you just change your billing address. I guess I was not supposed to have a subscription to NG, NG traveller and reader's digest...

06-18-2010, 09:46 AM	#9
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	I'm in heaven with it! Just finished the free "Water" issue of NatGeo, and it was such a pleasure to read it again after a few yrs of not being able to see it. The photos are clear and perfect at very large zooms. The largest text font was still too small for comfort, until I figured out that the articles can be copied to Pages, then globally enlarged to "subheadings" style. HUGE! Love it, love it, love it!!!!!'!!!!!!'

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