Zinio is a publishing technology and services company, which provides sales and distribution of printed material in digital format including magazines, books, catalogs, newsletters and research. In this capacity, Zinio is the world's largest newsstand and bookstore.

The company's website allows documents to be read either online or downloaded to be read offline on both computers (Windows, Mac OS X

Mac OS X

Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...

 and Linux

Linux

Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

-based computers) and portable devices such as the iPad

IPad

The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...

, iPhone

IPhone

The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...

, iPod Touch

IPod Touch

The iPod Touch is a portable media player, personal digital assistant, handheld game console, and Wi-Fi mobile device designed and marketed by Apple Inc. The iPod Touch adds the multi-touch graphical user interface to the iPod line...

, and Android.

Company

Founded in 2000, Zinio is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

, London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

 and Taipei

Taipei

Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

; as well as several franchisees worldwide. The company is privately held by Gilvest LP, an investment entity owned by entrepreneur and businessman David H. Gilmour (Fiji Water

Fiji water

thumb|right|FIJI Water for sale in a deli.FIJI Water is a U.S.-based business and brand of bottled water derived, bottled, and shipped from the Fiji Islands. It is available in 330ml, 500ml, 1 liter and 1.5 liter bottles...

, Barrick Gold

Barrick Gold

Barrick Gold Corporation is the largest pure gold mining company in the world, with its headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and four regional business units located in Australia, Africa, North America and South America...

, South Pacific Hotel Corporation).

The company works with publishers and the publishers set the prices of their publications. The content is protected with DRM

Digital rights management

Digital rights management is a class of access control technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders and individuals with the intent to limit the use of digital content and devices after sale. DRM is any technology that inhibits uses of digital content that...

 that prevents magazines from being circulated without the prior approval of the publishers.

Publications

Publishing partners in North America include: Alpha Media Group Inc., Bonnier Corporation, Hachette Filipacchi Media, , Hearst Corporation, IDG, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, The McGraw-Hill Companies,, Playboy Enterprises, Inc., Rogers Publishing, Source Interlink Media, The Economist, Transcontinental, Wiley and Ziff Davis.

Magazine titles in North America include: American Photo, BusinessWeek, Car and Driver, Cosmopolitan, ELLE, ESPN The Magazine, Foreign Policy, Harvard Business Review, Men’s Journal, Metropolitan Home, Outside, Parenting, PC Mag, Playboy, Reader’s Digest, Redbook, Road & Track, Saveur, Seventeen, The Economist, U.S. News & World Report, and Woman’s Day, among others.

International publishing partners include: 1633 SA (France), Adtech Solutions (Colombia), Attica Publications (Greece), Bloque de Armas (Venezuela), Bränd Kirjastused (Estonia), Editorial Conejito (Mexico), Grupo Q (Argentina), Hachette (Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

, Spain), HOLA (Spain), IDG (Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

), IPC Media (United Kingdom), MAP Magazine Kiado Kereskedelmi (Hungary), MC Ediciones (Spain), Motorpress Ibérica-GYJ (Spain), PBR Publishing (Romania), Playmedia Company (Italy) and Prisma (Spain).

International magazine titles include: Australia’s Surfing Life (Australia), CAIJING MAGAZINE (China), ElGourmet.com (Mexico), ELLE Interiør (Norway), Fashion Collection Russia (Russia), Hola! (Spain), Joy (Hungary), Le Point (France), Lugares (Argentina), Maxim (Czech Republic), Polityka (Poland), Rogue (Philippines), Shape (Greece), T3 (Italy), Wallpaper* (United Kingdom) and World Heritage (Taiwan).

Zinio released its first album insert on the self-titled second studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 released by the Jonas Brothers, which was released on August 7, 2007. The album was the first to be released using CDVU+ technology, powered by Zinio, followed by others from Disney Hollywood Records

Hollywood Records

Hollywood Records is an American record label owned by Disney Music Group, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company.-History:Hollywood Records was founded in 1989 by then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner with the idea of expanding the music operations of the company and to develop and promote...

: Jonas Brothers

Jonas Brothers

The Jonas Brothers are an American boy band. The band gained its popularity from the Disney Channel children's television network. From the shore region of New Jersey, the band consists of three brothers: Paul Kevin Jonas II , Joseph Adam Jonas , and Nicholas Jerry Jonas...

 (“A Little Bit Longer”), Jesse McCartney

Jesse McCartney

Jesse McCartney is an American singer-songwriter, actor and voice actor. McCartney achieved fame in the late 1990s on the daytime drama All My Children as JR Chandler. He later joined boy band Dream Street, and eventually branched out into a solo musical career...

 (“Departure”), Atreyu (“Lead Sails Paper Anchor”) and from Disney Records: The Cheetah Girls(“One World”).

External links

• Zinio
• Find Digital Magazines - Top reseller of Zinio Magazines