Magazine junkies on a budget, you might just flip over this.
The Zinio app – which lets you read more than 5,500 digital magazines on any
platform – is now offering a subscription model that costs $5/month for any
three of your favorite magazines. Not bad, considering many of the magazines
cost $4.99 for a single issue, such as T3, Car and Driver, PC Gamer, Rolling
Stone, Esquire and National Geographic. Some magazines cost less -- such as
$3.99 per issue for Cosmo, Us Weekly, Wine Access and TV Guide -- but $5 a
month for three magazines is still a deal. Called "Z-pass," you can
select which three magazines you want and change them up each month, if
desired. You don't need to commit for a certain amount of time to get the deal,
and the first month is free. You can access your Zinio magazines on virtually
all smartphones, tablets and computers (we reviewed the app on an iPad mini).
Magazines are downloaded to read offline, so you're fine if there's no Internet
connection when you want to read (such as on an airplane).
