![]() Next, I had to wait until the ‘clearinghouse’ was open. She informed me that I had to go to my ‘provider’ (guess that is because I ordered it online at one of those discount sites) to see if they could provide the digital service. Subjective as I know this sounds, once I asked if it could be changed/transferred to a digital subscription her tone definitely got more stern and business like. The lady on the other end of the phone was able to see/verify my subscription within minutes. I followed Zinio’s instructions to the letter. ![]() Once I had that, I gave them a call and got through immediately. My first step was to look in the beginning of the R&T magazine itself to find the publishers 1-800 number. I grant you that Zinio only charges $8/yr for Road & Track but I thought it was worth the effort to see how difficult it would be to have the publisher switch my R&T subscription from paper to electronic delivery. Only one of the 4 regular magazine subscriptions I am currently receiving is available on Zinio. If you miss any issues during that time, please contact Zinio at to request that they be added to your account. Please remember that it can take up to 4 weeks for the switch to occur. Future issues will be delivered digitally. If they can switch your account to digital, be sure to provide the SAME email address that you’ve used to create your Zinio account with. Once they’ve found your account they can give you details. They’ll ask for your zip code and last name. When you contact the publisher, don’t mention “digital” until they locate your account. If not, simply cancel your print subscription and purchase a new subscription through. ![]() If your preference is for the digital version, you can contact the publisher to have them switch your subscription to digital, if they have that capability. However, for those that are, Zinio’s help section provides some guidance on how to make this happen: Q: How can I switch my print subscription over to Zinio?Ī: The publishers that partner with Zinio consider digital subscriptions as separate from print subscriptions. Sadly, not all of my snail-mail magazines subscriptions are currently available electronically. The next step was to get my regular (aka paper) magazine subscriptions transferred to Zinio’s digital subscription service, lightening my load, and ‘greening’ my world just a bit more. So, to put it into perspective, the cost of receiving 4 digital magazines per month is approximately the same cost as one of Seattle’s foo-foo coffee drinks ). It worked out to about $1/magazine….a fair enough cost. With that budget, I was able to get 4 annual subscriptions MacWorld ($19.95), Cycle World ($12), Car & Driver ($8), and Popular Mechanics ($8). With Zinio on my iPad, I can carry years worth of my favorite magazines at once, accessible with a simple tap of the screen.įor this experience, I gave myself a budget of $50 to see what type of bang for the buck Zinio’s digital magazine subscriptions would give me. They are relatively big and heavy (let’s face it, 2-3 of them weigh more than an iPad). But I really dislike dragging them along with me. I enjoy reading magazines over coffee, in the airport, on airplanes, in the car, while I wait for the Mrs, etc. I am finding it provides me 80% of my media input….books, movies, TV shows, email, surfing the Net, pictures, video games, etc. The more addicted I become to my iPad, the more I want it to do. The iPad’s large, vivid screen has made me reconsider reading magazines electronically. This fact will reduce the number of trees killed, kids from having to lug around 30 pound backpacks, and ultimately decrease our carbon footprint. I firmly believe eBooks and digital publications will be the way we read, study, and absorb information. As many of you know, eBooks are very convenient, transportable, and you can carry countless in your pocket weighing no more than the device you are reading them on. Like Julie, 99% of all the books I read are electronic books (eBooks), historically on my iPod Touch and now on my iPad. So, I never really embraced Zinio, at least until now. While the Touch/iPhone’s screen is just fine for reading eBooks they are too small to truly enjoy the pictures and graphics most magazines have to offer. It was an alright experience but was definitely not the same as flipping through an actual magazine. At the time, I tried it for myself and read a few of their free samples/examples on my MacBook. Julie did an app review on Zinio’s digital magazine service a few years ago. If you buy something through the links on this page, we may earn a commission at no cost to you.
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