Zinio reader review6/23/2023 It's a must-have iOS app for any self-respecting magazine lover. Zinio's a front-page app on my iPad, earning a spot right next to Newsstand, iBooks and Kindle. magazine titles that are exclusive to Zinio and not available on the Apple Newsstand: RS seems to be one of the few remaining magazine holdouts, which is being forcibly dragged into 21st century kicking and screaming.īut it's not just Rolling Stone and Macworld magazine, Zinio boasts an impressive catalog of over 5,000 titles with 2,500 that are exclusive to the platform. Here's a partial list of U.S. That alone is worth the price of admission for me. The only drawbacks that I see are the DRM, and the cost for subscribing toīoth versions of a magazine.I love Zinio simply for the fact that it allows me to read Rolling Stone on my iPad. It is convenient to use and has an intuitive interface. The bottom line is that I really like the Zinio reader as a complement to You can either purchase a subscription to a magazine Is a new, electronic-only magazine that has embedded video and other “Rich The Mac Developer Journal bears special mention. Also, the Zinio Web site has numerous sample issues of these magazines Magazine selection is fairly decent, with about 30 or so different titlesīeing offered, including Macworld and the new, digital-only, Macĭeveloper Journal. At the bottom is a tool for rapidly “flipping” through The Zinio Reader interface has icons at the top for zooming in, printing, But both of these are small issues in an overall So per year to be able to download an electronic version of what I alreadyĪm paying for would be great. This city that is literally carved into distinct red sandstone cliffs is home to. A bucket-list worthy destination for history buffs, Petra offers an attraction for people of various faiths. The stunning landscape is matched with a rich history dating back to pre-historic times. Those of us who already subscribe to the printed magazine. 1 Petra, JORDAN The Lost City of Petra has a charm like none other. ![]() Is the cost-I would like to see a discounted subscription rate for Where one download can be shared across three computers. I would be much happier with the iTunes DRM method It’s not a huge step up or down from PDF in my opinion. Not sure what you have on your PC, but page turning looked appealing and it’s more akin to how a real magazine looks and works. At 15+MB per magazine that takes quite a while onĪ dial-up connection. Zinio was actually quite zippy on my system. ![]() You cannot copy it overĪ LAN or burn it to a CD to read it on other machines (although you can download On each machine that you want to use to read it. Harvard Business Review, and Motor Trend are now available in Zinio. Zinio requires you to download a magazine FIGURE 18.3 Reader will even read to you if you want. One of the things that I don’t like about the Zinio system is its approach What works in print doesn’t necessarily work electronically. The cover art for an electronic magazine isn’t particularly inspiring. That works well on my 800 MHz iBook with 256M RAM. The reader also canīe navigated by keyboard shortcuts. In addition to the smart mouse actions, there areĪlso navigation buttons along the bottom of the reader. Like AdobeĪcrobat Reader, moving around in a zoomed in page is as simple as clickingĪnd dragging the page. Of a page causes the page to flip, with or without animation. The two-page width to one third of a page in width. ![]() Zooming in from two pages wide to one page wide, to as large a zoom as from Read (on a 12" iBook at least) but the default mouse click action is This results in text that is a little too small for me to The display shows two facing pages (or just the cover when you first openĪ new magazine). Once you downloadĪ magazine and open it in the reader it behaves similarly to a paper magazine. Zinio Reader (Panther version, 1.4.3) is a free 6.4 megabyte download thatĪllows you to download and read the electronic magazines. The Zinio Delivery Manager dialog is not particularly inspiring. I just renewed my print subscription I decided to try the electronic version, ![]() Traditional or electronic format published by Zinio ( Since Stay tuned and discover all the new features that will be launched soon. Fresh, youthful, attractive, inspiring, creative and most important of all trustworthy. When I registered my new G4 iBook last week I received a nice E-mail fromĪpple with a nice gift-one free year of Macworld magazine, in either ZINIO Unlimited has a NEW face, soul, spirit, look and feel. Home About Membership Calendar Events Journal Help Community Resources Whimsy Twitter Facebook A Short Review of Zinio Reader © 2004 Mike Mellor Washington Apple Pi Journal, reprint
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