Read Digital Magazines on your computer without

logging in, or log in to download to your device.

Flipster

KMD 10/19

To download to your

device, find the Flipster –

Digital Magazines app in

your App Store.

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Type in Poudre to find

your library in Flipster.3

Select Poudre River Public Library District.

Enter you last name and you library card

number.

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After logging in, you are taken to the Explore screen of the Flipster app, displaying the titles available

from your library.

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To search for magazines, tap the Magnifying Glass icon.

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Begin entering your search terms. You can enter keywords such as title, publisher, category and more.

As you type, Flipster displays titles related to your keywords. Tap the download icon to download an

issue to your device, or tap the cover to learn more about it. You can tap Explore to return to the Explore

screen.

From the Explore screen, you can browse all available titles or tap Categories, to view titles from a

specific category, such as Business or Fitness & Health.

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You can view details about a magazine by tapping the information icon.

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From the detail screen, you can also choose to download available back issues of the title.

Tap the download icon to download an issue to your device.

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When you download a magazine, it is added to the My Shelf area of the Flipster app. Tap the cover to

read the issue.

The magazine opens on the Read tab. You can tap an article title shaded in yellow on the cover to go

directly to the article.

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Flip through the pages by swiping your finger to the left or right. Or, tap the icon in the upper right to

navigate the issue with the digital table of contents.

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Select an article in the table of contents to read it. You can dismiss the table of contents by swiping it

to the right or tapping the icon again.

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Tap Text View to read a text only version of the article without graphics and advertisements. When

multiple articles appear on a page, you can select the article you wish to read from the Text View menu.

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After reading an article in Text View, you can tap Page View to return to the magazine.

Some pages may also include links you can tap to visit external sources, such as a magazine’s web

site. Tap My Shelf to return to your library of downloaded magazines in the app.

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From the Sort menu in the upper right-hand corner, you can sort your magazines in the order they were

downloaded, or as an alphabetical or reverse-alphabetical list.

When viewing the My Shelf tab, the percentage displayed indicates how much of the issue you have

read. When you have finished reading a magazine, tap the trash can icon to remove it from the app.

Tap Read to return to the last issue you were reading.

Q: How many magazines can I check out?

A: The number of checkouts is unlimited.

Q: How long can I check them out for?

A: There is a 2 day time limit for weekly magazines, and a 5 day limit for

monthly magazines.

Q: Can I check out the magazine again?

A: Yes, if you have not read the issues, you can reload the magazine in

roughly 10 seconds.

Q: Can I print from a magazine?

A: Yes, printing is available when reading a magazine on a computer,

but not from a mobile device or the mobile app.

Questions and Answers