Tag: Digital magazines

Cool 3 D Printed Car Highlighted In Popular Mechanics

Linda Reimer

The latest version of Popular Mechanics has a neat cover story on a 3 D Printed car.

And just FYI a digital copy of the issue can be checked out by patrons — on demand! All you need is your library card — from any library in the Southern Tier Library System!

Check it out by just clicking on the following link:

https://www.rbdigital.com/stlschemungcony/service/zinio/landing?mag_id=987

And get the Zinio for Libraries app and read it on your smartphone or tablet!

Click the photo to get a larger view!

Popular Mechanics

Have a great day!
Linda

Adult Services, Digital Literacy & Creation Station Events Week of July 20, 2015

Linda Reimer

Tuesday, July 21, 2015:

Creation Station, The Southeast Steuben County Library’s Makerspace, will be open from 1- 4 p.m.

Pop Artist Michael Albert: Adult & Young Adult Program: Join author and artist Michael Albert for a presentation about his modern pop art and then create your family’s own ‘cerealism’ piece of artwork. Space is limited, so please sign up by calling or stopping by the Children’s Dept. 936-3713 ext. 503.

Time: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Pop Artist Michael Albert: Family Program: Join author and artist Michael Albert for a presentation about his modern pop art and then create your family’s own ‘cerealism’ piece of artwork. Space is limited, so please sign up by calling or stopping by the Children’s Dept. 936-3713 ext. 503.

Time: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Freegal Music, OverDrive & Zinio: This program walks you through the steps of how to access digital library content. We’ll focus on how you checkout and enjoy E-Books, Digital Audiobooks, Streaming Video, Digital Music & Digital Magazines – all for free!

A library card is required to access digital library materials and if you don’t have one – we’ll sign you up for one during the program.

Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Creation Station, The Southeast Steuben County Library’s Makerspace, will be open from 5-8 p.m.

Corning Area Writer’s Group: Inject some socialization into your solo writing time by join the library’s Adult Creative Writers Group for conversation, inspiration and feedback on writing projects. No sign up is required. This group meets every Thursday from 6-8 pm. On the third Thursday of the month the group meets in the library. On the other Thursdays the group meets at Soul Full Cup CoffeeHouse.

For more information, please call Adult Services Director Michelle Wells at (607) 936-3713 ext. 209 or email wellsm@stls.org.

Time: 6:00 – 8:00 pm

Saturday, July 25, 2015:

Firefly Screening and Cosplay: Firefly was a great example of the antiheroes we still love. Join us for a screening of the TWO different pilot episodes that were made and talk about what you loved best about the show.

Come in costume as one of the characters and win a prize!

Start Time: 4:00 p.m.

Available During Each Week:

One-On-One Personal Technology Sessions are available by appointment during the week! You can make an appointment with a member of our Digital Literacy Services staff to learn how to use a new computer, Mac, e-reader, tablet, smartphone or a variety of software including the Microsoft Office Suite and more; at a variety of times throughout each week.

This is a free service the library offers!

To make an appointment call the library at: 607-936-3713

Or send an email to us at: DIGLIT@STLS.ORG

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Digital Magazines Sales Starting To Take Off

Linda Reimer

Digital magazine sales are still a small slice of the magazine pie – less than 3% of total magazine subscriptions are currently digital subscriptions. However, digital magazine sales are increasing and some titles have seen a huge increase in the number of digital subscriptions they’ve sold in the last year – and that is where the stats get interesting and impressive! And when you look at the sales rate of individual titles and see the double and even triple digit increase in digital sales!

Magazines that have seen double-digit increases in their digital sales over the last year include:

US Weekly with a 40.8% increase

Esquire with a 41.7% increase

Cosmo with a 37.2% increase

The New Yorker with a 66.7% increase

Vanity Fair with a 47.6% increase

OK! With a 86.7% increase

& Glamour with a 56.8% increase

And even more impressive are the few titles that have seen triple digital growth in their digital sales in the last year and they include:

Readers Digest with a 248.8% increase

Star with a 297% increase

& Taste of Home with a 243.9% increase

And all of that shows the great reading shift that is going on as the bulk of reading material most people consume transitions from print to digital – so I think that is both interesting and cool both from a where-we-are-at-this-point-in-history standpoint and from an I-like-technology-standpoint!

Here’s a link to a PaidContent article, titled Digital Magazine Sales Are Still Tiny Overall But Titles Like Cosmo See Big Growth, that offers more information on the subject:

http://paidcontent.org/2013/02/07/digital-magazine-sales-are-still-tiny-overall-but-titles-like-cosmo-see-big-growth/

Have a great weekend!

Linda R.

References

Owen, Laura. (2013, February 7). Digital magazine sales still tiny overall, but titles like Reader’s Digest see huge growth. PaidContent. Online.