Sounds to good to be true. Read two top magazines offline legally without charge. What if I told you that with just minor setup and configuration time invested by you, my reader, in addition to these magazines you could legally and without charge also read magazines such as:
- Arizona Highways
- Cosmopolitan! 🙂
- Life
- National Geographic
- The Economist
- And hundreds more!
It’s true, and all you need is your public library card. As I am getting ready for my Norwegian bicycle adventure I am loading up on magazines and Kindle books on my tablet. When I have free moments on the plane and while bike touring, I will have lots of reading options.
A few days ago I received notification that the latest issues of both Audubon and Outdoor Photographer were now available. Yup, one of the configuration options using the service RBdigital is to be notified by email whenever a new edition is available. Thus, I don’t even have to look for content, magazines which I specifically requested come to me automatically. If one enjoys reading lots of titles, the cost savings potential is HUGE. As noted, the only cost to me is having my local public library card. Here is Minnesota, I know both the Duluth Public Library and the Hennepin County Library (Minneapolis) have online magazines available via RBdigital.
Either via your library’s web site, or with a visit to the physical library (ask the reference librarian for help) you can easily get set up.
Finally, the magazine’s format (remember, one may download and read offline) looks 100% identical to the print version. Here are some images from my own tablet as I checked out both of these magazines.
Note: I posted on this topic a few years ago. All those much more detailed instructions still work. The only difference is the new name of the company, RBdigital. Off to Norway!
All the screenshots in this blog post are from my Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 Android Tablet. The experience would be and look almost identical on an iPad.
I am notified via eMail about new issues
I am redirected to my account on the library’s web site and complete the process
Here are a couple of images from my post back in 2015 … I was reading BirdWatching.
Thanks for this info! I’m a long-time patron of Hennepin County Library. They have so many wonderful resources, and this is one that I had never found. I’ll certainly make use of it in the future.