Zinio comes to Amazon’s Kindle Fire

The Zinio app for Apple's iPad

Zinio’s digital magazine app is now available for Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet. The free app can be downloaded from the Amazon Appstore, giving users access to some of the best selling magazines in full colour. The Fire is a tablet device running a customised version of Google's Android operating … [Read more...]

Zinio launches new digital magazine rewards programme

The Zinio app for Apple's iPad

Digital magazine retailer Zinio has announced a new loyalty scheme aimed at encouraging users to buy magazines via their website. The retailer announced its new Zinio Perks scheme in an email to customers, saying it would reward them with free ‘Z-Bucks’ for “every” 5th, 10th and 25th purchase. Rewards … [Read more...]

Zinio to offer branded iPad magazine apps

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Digital magazine retailer Zinio has announced a new “Branded App” service which will allow magazine publishers to offer stand-alone apps branded as their magazine via Apple's App Store. The apps use Zinio's UNITY™ distribution platform to offer buyers immediate access to their library of issues whiter bought via … [Read more...]

Details emerge of Zinio's iPad app

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Electronic magazine seller Zinio has announced more details of its upcoming iPad app which it says will deliver "interactive iPad editions for top titles and access to thousands of magazines from around the world." In a mailing to customers, the firm has unveiled an iPad pre-launch page detailing features available in … [Read more...]

iPad pre-orders now being taken

Apple has dropped rules requiring publications to offer in-app subscriptions . Photo: Apple.

Apple's iPad web tablet, which offers a range of competing eBook reader Apps, is now available for UK customers to pre-order. Although the iPad lacks the e-ink screens of dedicated readers, it does allow users to download and read books from a variety of retailers including Amazon's Kindle service, self-publishing … [Read more...]