Digital Magazines Available For Montgomery County

Press release from the Lower Merion Library System:

October 27, 2020

What do photography, guitars, home decorating, fashion, computers, and current events have in common? All of these topics and more, can be found in a digital magazine format through RB Digital.

Get ready to check out the world beyond your fingertips using your LMLS or Montgomery County library card. Digital magazines are available for download to computers, tablets and smart phones with the RB Digital app, which is perfect for a leisurely morning read with your coffee or while waiting at the doctor’s office. No need to wait or put an item on hold.

The collection has been expanded and now includes Sports Illustrated, The Economist, National Geographic, Vanity Fair, Food Network Magazines and thousands of others. Visit the RB Digital Magazine site for Montgomery County patrons.

Sign up is fast, and RB Digital is easy to navigate.

Here are some helpful hints: Search for magazines by title, genre and/or language. For example, an “architecture” genre search brought up 86 titles and a “Spanish” language search brought up 202 titles. Tap on the magazine cover for a description and to view issues, and then tap on the red Checkout box to check it out. There is also an option to automatically check out the next issue. Tap the green Read button to get started. Swipe right to left to view the magazine pages; tap the bottom of the screen to bring up options for a list of sections, changing the format to text mode, decreasing or increasing the brightness, and/or using the text to speech feature which is recorded in the language of the magazine.

Montgomery County’s digital magazine collection has recently expanded access to over 3,700 magazines, including many that are digital-only, from The Advocate to Zoomer, with (almost) everything in between. Magazines in Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, Japanese, French, Afrikaans, Chinese, as well as 10 other languages, are available, with English language magazines published in England, Canada, South Africa, the United States, Mexico, New Zealand, India, and Australia. There are even a few adult coloring books (66 to be exact)! And we can’t leave out the kids with 32 titles in English, Chinese and Spanish on topics from wildlife, sports and teen celebrities, to technology, stories, and early language skills.

To learn more about using RB Digital magazines, go to

https://montgomeryconorristownpa.rbdigital.com/help

https://www.rbdigital.com/montgomerycountypa/help/magazines-faq

AND BEGINNING OCTOBER 26, 2020….
RB Digital ebooks & audiobooks ONLY have moved to Overdrive starting Oct. 26.

Digital Magazines will stay at RB Digital for some time – Visit https://www.rbdigital.com/montgomerycountypa/service/magazines/landing? to use the Free Digital Magazines.

Please visit Overdrive-RB Digital Transition FAQ to answer questions or all your local library.

If you have not already check out all the E-items to borrow at Overdrive (Montgomery County residents only)

Blog written by Gwen Gatto, Belmont Hills Library

This press release was produced by the Lower Merion Library System. The views expressed are the author's own.