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You've never read this way before.

Zinio brings you magazines in a convenient new digital format. Same great content. Same great design. Delivered over the Internet. Straight to your desktop.
 
A whole new experience.
 
Watch your magazines come alive in Zinio Reader™. When the pages flip, it's like the magazine is in your hands. Zoom, search, click to articles from the table of contents, highlight text and write electronic notes. With a few simple keystrokes or mouse clicks, your magazines are easy to navigate and a pleasure to read. You can even send a free copy to friends via email.
 

 

At your command.
No more waiting for the mail to arrive. Get your magazines right away or wake up to find them ready to read. Zinio Delivery Manager automatically downloads each new issue of your subscription, hot off the digital press. And magazines are stored on your computer, not your bookshelf, for fast reference and paperless archiving. You can read them anytime, anywhere - even when you're not online.
 

 

Here's how Zinio works.
1.   Order the magazines you'd like from Zinio.com or one of our publisher partners.
2.   Download Zinio Reader and your first magazines.
3.   Enjoy your magazines anytime, anywhere using the intuitive Zinio Reader software.
4.   Relax and let Zinio Delivery Manager download each subsequent issue of your subscription automatically as soon as it hits the Zinio newsstand.

Are you compatible?
 Zinio System Requirements


Here's what you'll need to view this site, download Zinio Reader and fully experience your digital magazines.

Supported Operating Systems
Windows XP (Professional, Home, and Tablet PC editions)
Windows 2000
Windows Me
Windows 98 (with Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher installed)
Windows NT (with Service Pack 4 or higher and Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher installed)

Supported Browsers
AOL 5.0 or higher (Get the latest version from AOL.)
Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher (Get the latest version from Microsoft.)
Netscape 4.7x. (Get the latest compatible version from Netscape.)
Note: We do not support Netscape 6.x or 7.x at this time.




NOTE: To browse this Web site, you must have cookies and JavaScript enabled. To use Zinio Reader and Zinio Delivery Manager functions, we require that ActiveX (for Internet Explorer) or Java (for Netscape) be enabled as well.





Privileges
You must have rights to download software over the Internet. Some companies don't allow employees to install software themselves. If in doubt, please check with your system administrator.

Computer Configuration
Celeron or Pentium II (or more powerful) processor
At least 233 MHz processor speed
At least 64 MB of RAM
At least 100 MB free hard disk space
A video card that supports 3-D acceleration (recommended)

Internet Connection

 

About Zinio

Founded in March 2000, Zinio is poised to revolutionize the magazine publishing industry through its technology that benefits readers, publishers and advertisers.

Digital magazines are here.
Instead of reading your favorite magazines on your desk or lap, you can now read them on your desktop or laptop. By transforming print magazines into digital format, Zinio gives you the same content, the same graphics, and the same look and feel of the print magazines you enjoy. But Zinio also gives you something new -- an interactive experience that lets you actually get involved with your print magazine in fun, new ways. And, you can access your favorite titles anytime, anywhere because each magazine is delivered through the Internet to your computer.

Readers love them.
At the heart of the Zinio experience is the reader. Zinio Reader™, our free software download, enables magazine fans to view and interact with name-brand content they value and trust. The Zinio experience is highly intuitive, mirroring the way readers use print, while providing features only possible in digital magazines. Now readers can interact with the content using Smart Zoom, Full-Text Search, Table of Contents Hyperlinking, Text Highlights and Electronic Notes. They can even pass along their magazine to friends and associates via email.

Publishers sell them.
Zinio is becoming a standard part of the way publishers build circulation and distribute their product. By using Zinio Delivery, publishers can achieve savings of 50% or more over traditional paper distribution. It is fast, low-cost and very efficient, with instantaneous worldwide reach. It can automatically deliver and service subscriptions, sell single copies, and maintain archives, without requiring significant process costs. Simply put, Zinio is on its way to transforming publishing economics.

Advertisers need them.
Advertisers rely on the power of magazines to reach an audience with their message. Zinio helps advertisers leverage this power by providing a vibrant, new environment for the same print ad--through Web links and interactive elements. Digital magazine readers recognize and appreciate the ads they see on the screen because those ads appear the same as in print. Zinio also helps keep magazine audiences large and appropriately targeted, without contributing to many of the production and distribution costs associated with traditional publishing.

 

Story provided by the Zinio software company