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tdonline · 08-19-2015, 08:50 PM

Question for those reading Zinio magazines on tablets:

Context: I read books and newspapers on my e-reader as I find reading paper really difficult nowadays. The font size I use is almost embarrassingly large. I'd like to to take advantage of my library's free Zinio service and read magazines that work better on tablets than on e-readers (NG, Smithsonion, etc). I do not own a tablet and have little experience with them.

From my brief experience with Zino on my laptop, text size flexibility and text reflowing is limited. I'm focused on buying a 10inch tablet so I can enough screen space to mimic reading a magazine page.

What are your experiences with Zinio and larger screen tablets. At 10inch, the screen would still be smaller than most paper magazines. Will that mean a small(er) font size? If zooming is available, does it take away from the "real magazine" reading? Is it quite seamless to zoom in/out and turn pages?

All thoughts appreciated.

08-19-2015, 08:50 PM	#1
tdonline Addict Posts: 309 Karma: 2644486 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: PW3, Nook Simple Touch	Tablet and Zinio Question for those reading Zinio magazines on tablets: Context: I read books and newspapers on my e-reader as I find reading paper really difficult nowadays. The font size I use is almost embarrassingly large. I'd like to to take advantage of my library's free Zinio service and read magazines that work better on tablets than on e-readers (NG, Smithsonion, etc). I do not own a tablet and have little experience with them. From my brief experience with Zino on my laptop, text size flexibility and text reflowing is limited. I'm focused on buying a 10inch tablet so I can enough screen space to mimic reading a magazine page. What are your experiences with Zinio and larger screen tablets. At 10inch, the screen would still be smaller than most paper magazines. Will that mean a small(er) font size? If zooming is available, does it take away from the "real magazine" reading? Is it quite seamless to zoom in/out and turn pages? All thoughts appreciated.