The iPad has yet to convert the publishing world as many expected it is going to , but some healthy competition from Android tablets will help to maintain that process in motion. Zinio ‘s reader app is now available on select Android 2.2, 2.3, and all 3.0 tablets, bringing Esquire, National Geographic, and 20,000 other magazine titles to the Motorola Xoom , Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 , and a half dozen other devices. And, to kick off the launch, Zinio is picking up the tab at the newest problems with 24 top magazines, so long as you download by June 15. Digital subscriptions are still often dearer than their print counterparts, but at the least Android tablet owners could have a safer place to cover their problems with Playboy .
24 Top Magazines Given Free to All Android Users Who Download Zinio before June 15
SAN FRANCISCO, May 31, 2011 – Zinio, the world’s largest newsstand, announced today that its market-leading digital magazine experience is now available on Android 3.0 tablets. Thousands of magazines that satisfy every passion and past-time, from Road & Track and Rolling Stone to Robb Report, ELLE and BlackBook at the moment are available to Android users at the Zinio app in Google’s Android Market. Whether or not they are at home at their PCs and Macs, or on the road with their Apple or Android tablets and choose smartphones, magazine lovers get probably the most from their magazines with Zinio.
At launch, greater than 20,000 magazines might be available through Zinio on Android devices spanning select 2.2, 2.3 and all 3.0 Honeycomb versions, including Motorola Xoom, LG Optimus Pad, Acer Iconia Tab a500, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and more. All Android users who download Zinio before June 15 will automatically take delivery of – free of charge – 24 of the most recent problems with top magazines across all major genres, including Cosmopolitan, ESPN The Magazine, Harvard Business Review, Men’s Fitness, O, The Oprah Magazine and Us Weekly
Unlike digital magazine options that require another app for each title, or which are only available on one operating system, Zinio users get to maintain all in their current and archived issues in a single application, across multiple devices.
“Zinio offers the best breadth for magazines today, both when it comes to device and platform availability and sheer variety of titles globally,” said Rich Maggiotto, Zinio president and CEO. “We continue to deliver new features and platform availability that enables our users to enjoy their favorite magazines within the most compelling way. Within the coming month, we can even be adding other operating systems to the combo to permit Zinio users access to their magazines from all in their devices, in addition to introducing new the right way to explore and luxuriate in digital content,” continued Maggiotto.
Android users who download Zinio can be ready to explore the interactive features in Marie Claire and Seventeen at launch, with other interactive titles, including Harper’s Bazaar, Harvard Business Review and Zinio’s sister company’s exclusively digital title VIVMag, available within the coming months. These titles leverage Zinio’s interactive capabilities to produce an enhanced reading experience including embedded video, dynamic ads, social connections and search.
Free Magazines upon Download, through June 15: AFAR, BlackBook, Cosmopolitan, ELLE DECOR, ELLE, ESPN The Magazine, Esquire, Food Network Magazine, Harpers Bazaar , Harvard Business Review, Home Theater, Juxtapoz, Marie Claire, Men’s Fitness, Men’s Journal, Motor Trend, O, The Oprah Magazine, Outdoor Photographer, Outside, Popular Mechanics, Road & Track, Robb Report, Rolling Stone, Seventeen and Us Weekly.
Android Device Availability:
• Android 3.0 Honeycomb Devices supported: Motorola Xoom, LG Optimus Pad, Acer Iconia Tab a500, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
• Android Preload Devices (Android 2.2, 2.3, 3.0): Samsung Galaxy Tab, Samsung Galaxy S II, Dell Streak, Motorola Atrix, T-Mobile G2x, T-Mobile G-Slate
About Zinio
Zinio is where the sector reads, interacts with and explores the most important choice of magazines around the preferred reading devices. No other platform provides global access to greater than 4,200 magazine titles covering every major genre, industry, specialty and past-time. Zinio users currently download millions of magazine issues a month in 33 languages and 19 currencies – from every major global publisher. The corporate is targeted on creating an intuitive and effortless reading experience that transforms how we read, from passive to active, from solo to social. With Zinio, readers can easily look for what they’re captivated with, share with friends, save and curate content, shop for products and house and store all in their favorite magazines of their Zinio applications.
Founded in 2001 and privately held, Zinio is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in The big apple, London, Paris, Barcelona and Taipei. For additional info, please visit www.zinio.com. , or follow us on Twitter at @Zinio.
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