Magazines – digital style…
…though more than very likely illegal. Mygazines hosts a collection of digital magazine copies with the tagline Upload. Share. Archive. It is the kind of collection a magazine junky like me is unable to withstand. As long as they’re online, the service should be taken advantage of, methinks.
The magazine collection is in the process of being bulked up. A quick scan in the bicycle category revealed nothing there yet. The computer section is pretty reasonably stocked, though. Most recent issues of popular titles are available. Free sign-up is required prior to accessing the content. The interface is easy to work with and resembles iTunes.
Select a title and click read. The interface there resembles that of Zinio – click on either side of the page to flip over. It has some nifty graphics effects and permits searching through the text.
It is not possible to download the magazine in its entirety, so one is restricted to paging through it whilst connected to the Internet. Response times are reasonable and the paging effect pleasing to the eye. There’s a filter for objectionable material, though this is easy to toggle – any savvy youngster will have little trouble getting at anything available…
How publishers feel about having their work available without them receiving any cash for it is one question I have. It is likely that certain legal proceedings will take place against Mygazines before too long.
In the meantime, you may want to browse and read what you can.
Not much use, other than as an OTW (Online Time Waster)
)) much like sitting in a doctors rooms, picking up a mag and find a useful article, and not being able to take it away with you (unless you ask the receptionist _really_ nicely of course). A better resource then, IMHO, is ebookshare.net.
Great resource indeed! Thanks, Jan.