Library users who want a store of great holiday reads which won’t fill up their suitcase are invited to try Zinio.
Zinio is a new free service which allows library members to read full digital versions of their favourite magazines on their computer, smartphone or tablet.
More than 100 different magazines are available, covering everything from food and travel to music and art.
The comprehensive range of titles includes: –
BBC Top Gear
Cosmopolitan
FourFourTwo
GT (Gay Times)
Hello!
Ideal Home
Lonely Planet Traveller
You and Your Wedding
Users can check out an unlimited number of magazines – and keep them for as long as they want.
To get started, simply go to http://www.rbdigital.com/greatermanchester, create a new account with Zinio and enter your library card number.
Then you can browse the full selection of publications on offer and check out your chosen titles to read on your desktop computer.
Magazines must first be checked out through the website, but can then be downloaded onto a phone or tablet and read offline, via the Zinio for Libraries app, which is available for iPhone, iPad and Android.
Executive Member for Culture and Leisure, Councillor Luthfur Rahman, said: “We’re always looking for ways to expand and improve our digital offer – and this latest new service provides our library members with a brilliant range of e-magazines to read for free.”