Author: Jenny Clark

Finger Lakes Library System now subscribes to RBdigital, (formerly Zinio Magazines) a service that provides cover-to-cover, full color digital editions of popular magazines. Once you set up an account, you can read magazines on your computer or download them onto a smartphone or tablet using the RBdigital app.
With RBdigital, there are no due dates, so you can keep the magazine for as long as you like. There are also no limits on the number of magazines that you can download. Check out as many as you’d like without worrying about returning them on time—or ever!

What is RBdigital?

July 2017

Reading eMagazines
With the RBdigital app:
Open your app store and search “RBdigital for Libraries” OR Access the FLLS/RBdigital landing page and click on the link for your specific device in the bottom right-hand corner next to: Get The New App.
Download and install the RBdigital app.
Open the app and log in. Please note that you will be given a series of location questions then you will be prompted to enter your RBdigital account information. This will only have to be done once.
You may be brought back into the web browser, cancel and access the app again.
Your list of borrowed magazines should automatically connect to the app.
Tap on the cover of a magazine to download and open.
Enjoy your magazine!

Mobile apps available for iPad®, iPhone ®, Android™ and Kindle Fire ™.

How to Borrow
Digital Magazines With Your
Library Card

For computers,
smartphones, and tablets!

1300 Dryden Road
Ithaca, NY 14853
607-273-4074
www.flls.org

Creating An Account
To access RBdigital use the following URL:
www.rbdigital.com/fingerlakesny
From the Finger Lakes Library System landing page you can login, create a new account or search through the titles. You will need an account to checkout titles.
From the FLLS/RBdigital landing page click on Create New Account.
In the window that pops up, enter your first name, last name, email
address, password (must be at least 7
characters long and contain both
letters and numbers) and then click
on the blue Create Account button.
You will be presented with a Log In box for you to enter your library credentials (Card number and PIN).
When you successfully enter that information, click on Continue,
Choose the library that your library card was issued from.
You will return to the FLLS/RBdigital Landing page where you will now be able to check out eMagazines.

Borrowing eMagazines
From your Internet browser:
Browse the library’s eMagazine collection and click on the cover of the magazine you would like to check out.
Click Checkout.
From here, you can either choose Keep Browsing to get more magazines or Start Reading.
To read your digital magazine:
Click Start Reading or click My Collection (located under your name in the top right).
Within your collection, click the cover of the magazine you would like to read.
Enjoy your magazine!
*You can also download the RBdigital app, see back for details.
Search Options:
Simply type in the title in the search field and press enter on your keyboard. While you are typing you will be given auto suggestions. You can also choose to search by Genre or Language under My Collection.
Back Issues:
When you click on an eMagazine cover, you will be able to see more information about the title and view back issues
available for checkout.

Notifications:
There are several ways to become notified when new issues of your favorite magazines are available.
Click on an eMagazine cover to view more about a title. Check the box next to “Email me when the next issue is available.”
After checking out, you will also have the option to check the box to receive email notifications.
Change your preferences by going to the account button at the top of the page and click on My Preferences. You can pick which magazines to receive notifications for and also choose to be notified when new eMagazines are added to your library’s collection.

Just some of our titles…
Better Homes & Gardens
Car & Driver
The Economist
Esquire
Family Fun
The Family Handyman
Food Network Magazine
Glamour
Highlights
Men’s Health
National Geographic
Us Weekly