[OPLINLIST] Digital Magazine and Newspaper Service Complete Compilation

Tue Nov 6 15:37:30 EST 2012

Below are all the responses for my request for information on any digital magazine/newspaper services that anyone has used or looked at.  Specifically, only two services were found:
Zinio
Press Display

From:  

Michael Vollmar-Grone [vollmami at oplin.org]

Sent: 

Mon 10/15/2012 1:26 PM

To:  

Sara Churchill

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Subject:  

re: Digital Magazine and Newspaper Subscription

Hi Sara,
We recently added Zinio through Debbie MacDonald at Recorded Books.
Set up, etc fees depend upon your yearly circulation. Ours are a few thousand dollars.
The subscription costs for each magazine are reasonably priced, too, $10-20 for most.
Staff loves the service, word is just getting out to the community and we are ready for the onslaught, much as ebooks hit us.
Service is relatively easy to use, just need to remember to go to the library's zinio web address, not zinio.com, and sign in twice.
We also require a library card to be entered.
Once the account is set up and magazines chosen, you can use tablets and other digital devices to access, except Nooks.
Can read the magazine on line or download.
I've been using for about 6 weeks and am ecstatic as are the other librarians here.
Service can be accessed anywhere there is an Internet connection.
Unfortunately newspaper are not offered.
Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Best wishes,
Mike

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Michael Vollmar-Grone

Director of Technical Services

Shelby County Libraries

230 East North Street

Sidney, OH 45365

(937) 492-6851 x.119

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From:  

Valerie Smith [vsmith at lpls.info]

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Mon 10/15/2012 3:04 PM

To:  

Sara Churchill

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Zinio at Akron Summit County PL

Check with Akron - they started offering Zinio some weeks ago.

Valerie Smith, Public Services Coordinator

Lorain Public Library System

351 Sixth Street, Lorain OH  44052

440-244-1192, ext. 254

vsmith at lpls.info

www.lorainpubliclibrary.org

From:  

Labriola, Mary Frances [mlabriol at akronlibrary.org]

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Mon 10/15/2012 3:53 PM

To:  

Sara Churchill

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Subject:  

Digital magazines

Hi Sara

We are using Zinio and it has been up since late August. We currently have 78 titles (I attached a list with prices) and so far it is going pretty well. There have been some glitches since we were one of the first libraries to start but overall it's been great. 568 patrons have signed up so far and they have checked out 5000 magazines. I attached a copy of our circ statistics so far. 

Like Overdrive you pay a platform fee.  Recorded books bases it on circulation numbers I think.  The cost of the magazines at least for now is really reasonable and comparable to what you'd pay for a print subscription.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Francie Labriola

Continuing Resources Supervisor

Akron Summit County Public Library

mlabriol at akronlibrary.org

330-643-9069

From:  

Carol Cobbs [cobbsca at oplin.org]

Sent: 

Tue 10/16/2012 10:01 AM

To:  

Sara Churchill

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RE: [OPLINLIST] Digital Magazine and Newspaper Subscription Serviceinformation request

The Columbiana Library chose Zinio Magazines through Recorded Books.  We
have received our confirmation and our plans are to be going live in the
next couple of days.  We may not make a public announcement for a few days.
We set a budget of $1500 for the magazines and were able to select 72 titles
for just under that amount.  The access fee changes with the circulation
size of your library so our fee would be much smaller than yours.

The magazines are always available either on the computer or mobile device.
They are not available on the Nook at this time.

Our Recorded Books representative handled our account.  If you don't have a
representative, our contact person is Debbie McDonald; cell: 614-354-4692;
email: dmcdonald at recordedbooks.com

Good Luck.

Carol Cobbs, Director/Fiscal Officer
Columbiana Public Library
332 N. Middle Street
Columbiana, OH  44408
Ph:  330-482-5509

Hi Sara:
I haven't used Press Display for a couple of years (2007/2009) but when
I did, I loved it.  It is really easy to use, has a huge variety of
newspapers and had text-to-speech and translate functions that made it
very useful for ESL or individuals who are trying to learn a foreign
language.
Just my two cents.
Katie

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Katie Sabol Campbell
Public Library Consultant
614.644.6889

Sara, 

Response to Zinio at Salem has been excellent (over 1,000 checkouts in the first month @ our library).  We have had approximately 125 registered patrons since we started promotion in early Oct and we've had very few problems - we expected some challenges since we were an early adopter on this but it's been very smooth for patrons who are familiar with technology, a few bumps with users who don't have much computer/mobile device experience but that's to be expected and has been easily addressed since most questions are along the lines of  "how do I create an account", "what's an app", etc..  

We'd love to have a few key titles that are missing (People, Sports Illustrated, and Better Homes) but so many popular  magazines are available it's an awesome start.    In a nutshell this is easily the best new service we've introduced this year.

Brad

I meant to email you in response to your first email but time got away from me. 

My library has been using Zinio since July and I really like the service.  I want to second everything Mike told you.  We paid a set-up fee of a couple thousand with subscriptions costing between $10-20.  Staff love the service and love showing the public how it works.  Of all the digital services Licking County Library offers, it is the one that really catches the public's attention and interest.  It's the service with which I always end my download classes to leave the attendees with lots of enthusiasm for what we offer. 

One plus for me personally is that my own personal magazine subscriptions show up alongside the magazine subscriptions.

Another plus is, with Newsweek going all digital, Zinio offers a digital subscription so your patrons can continue getting that information. 

One downside is that some popular magazines like People or Entertainment Weekly are not available for library lending. 

One thing I have found, even though the Nooks don't have a Zinio app, there is a work around for the Nook Color or Tablet.  If someone has one of those, you can stream the magazines.   That means the patron would have to stay connected to the internet but it is a way to view the subscriptions.  You open the library's Zinio page on the web browser, add the subscription to your Zinio account, and click on the cover to stream it. 

I didn't realize that Zinio had newspapers available.  I have a meeting today with Debbie from Recorded Books so I'll have to ask her if we can lend newspapers.  If we can, I know a lot of our patrons would be interested!

I hope this helps!  I've attached a copy of my instructions for Zinio to this email.  If you have any questions, please let me know. 

--
Anne Kennedy

Head of Emerging Technologies and Digital Content
Licking County Library
101 W. Main St
Newark, OH 43055
740-349-5523

Thank you to everyone who participated in this survey.

Yours truly,

Sara Churchill
Information Services Librarian
Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County
schurchill at libraryvisit.org