{"id":4329,"date":"2022-10-07T13:19:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T18:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/staging\/3703\/?p=4329"},"modified":"2022-10-07T13:19:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T18:19:24","slug":"pressreader-a-hidden-gem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/07\/pressreader-a-hidden-gem\/","title":{"rendered":"PressReader – a hidden gem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So, I was at the Winnipeg library yesterday picking up a couple of books that I’d requested and while I was there I thought I’d pick up a couple of magazines for some casual reading. I picked up a copy of Popular Mechanics, a magazine I had a subscription to thanks to my grandparents for most of my childhood. As I took it off the rack I noticed this sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I knew that many library materials were available digitally and I’ve used Overdrive’s<\/a> Libby<\/a> to read and\/or listen to these digital resources. I found that these apps on my iPhone or even the largest screen iPad Pro was a little difficult. There is typically a lot of scrolling and zooming to make the text readable so I generally gave up on reading library materials on the iPhone\/iPad and stuck with the Kindle<\/a> for reading digital materials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enter PressReader<\/a>! the app is amazing and there is a very good chance you can use your local library card to sign into this app and read a huge number of magazines and newspapers for free! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The best part is the interface. Read in the original published format or tap an article and it pops up in a window where you can focus on just that article in a scalable font that you can adjust to your liking and even have the article read to you! Super cool! And even better it’s a Canadian company, how good is that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tap on an article…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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… and get it in a nice scrollable window with scalable text<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Check it out on you iPhone and or iPad<\/a>. If you’re a newspaper or magazine reader you won’t be disappointed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

p.s. also available in a browser<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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