We’re delighted to announce that PressReader 4.0 has been released and is now available for download from Google Play!

With PressReader, readers can access over 2,100 full-content newspapers and magazines from 95 countries on their favorite Android smartphones and tablets. This latest release of the app provides users with the ability to zoom in on publications deeper, faster and clearer than ever before thanks to its new proprietary PDF rendering engine.

Subscribers will also have the ability to read entire publications using SmartFlow, PressReader’s attention-grabbing horizontal content presentation feature. It’s a new take on newspaper and magazine reading for Android users and one we would love to hear your opinions of so, please don’t hesitate to post your comments or feedback below .

PressReader 4.0 for Android is our biggest update ever. It debuts advanced rendering technology that, for the first time, brings fast, high-resolution imaging to the Android platform. Users love the incredibly crisp text and high-definition pictures, and our SmartEdition publishers now have a compelling and flexible Android platform to showcase their content,” said Alex Kroogman, CEO of NewspaperDirect. “Another great addition is our new SmartFlow technology, which takes the replica experience to a whole new level – enhancing it with intelligent and intuitive content presentation that compels subscribers to read more of their favorite publications.

Check out PressReader in action below:

PressReader 4.0 includes the following features:

• High-performance rendering
• SmartFlow advanced reading technology
• SmartZoom automatically positions the zoomed-in view to the beginning of an article
• Instant switching between Replica/Page View and SmartFlow viewing
• Share stories by email or on Facebook or Twitter
• Listen to articles through on-demand audio capabilities
• Copy and paste articles into applications that support it (e.g. Evernote, Instapaper)
• Share opinions by supporting or opposing a story
• Two-finger-pinch to adjust font and image sizes, and a choice of different font types
• Cross-title keyword search
• Desktop thumbnails of the most recently downloaded publications for instant access to the latest issues.
• Authorization of PressReader with a PressDisplay.com subscription

Enjoy the update and again, let us know what you think!

Cheers,

-Michael

Kobo, a global leader in eReading with more than five million users worldwide, has partnered with NewspaperDirect to provide premium news content on the new Kobo Vox eReader. The new device, which consumers can order online today and starts shipping this week, is preloaded with NewspaperDirect’s PressReader application, giving Kobo Vox owners access to more than 2,000 news publications from 95 countries and in 51 languages — all for immediate download. And, to give Kobo Vox owners a taste of what it’s like to browse newspapers from around the world, users can download their choice of 7 issues from PressReader’s extensive library of publications for free.

With PressReader, Kobo Vox users can interact with digital editions of their favourite publications and read them from cover to cover, just as they would in print – including premium publications such as Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily Mail, International Herald Tribune, Irish Times, La Tribune, Le Monde, The Globe and Mail, The Australian, The Guardian and The Washington Post, to name just a few.

Features include:

• Presentation of complete digital replicas of newspapers, often before the print version is on the newsstands
• Browsing of entire publications in portrait or landscape mode with one finger (including zoom, pan and scroll)
• A rich graphics page view and an easy-to-read text view for individual articles
• Fast navigation from article to article or to a favorite section using the Table of Contents
• Cross-title search of keywords and phrases
• Automatic download of favorite publications for offline reading
• Sharing of articles through email, Facebook and Twitter
• On-demand narration of news stories
• Integration with an existing PressDisplay.com subscription

Kobo offers the World’s Largest Bookstore with a selection of over 2.2 million books including today’s newest releases, New York Times® bestsellers and over 1 million free titles. With our new Kobo Vox eReader, we aimed to give our users the widest possible array of digital content, and NewspaperDirect was the obvious choice for the world’s best and largest selection of digital newspapers,” said Michael Tamblyn, EVP of content, sales and merchandising at Kobo. “We are confident that our customers are going to love reading their favorite newspapers on PressReader and sharing articles with their friends through email and social networks.

“NewspaperDirect is committed to delivering the widest selection of premium news content to readers on their screen of choice,” said Alex Kroogman, CEO of NewspaperDirect. “PressReader preloaded on the Kobo Vox not only opens the world’s press to users right out of the box, it provides a visually rich and interactive reading experience that is second to none.”

Enjoy!

Michael

Hey there PressReader fans!

We’re happy to announce that PressReader for Android Honeycomb OS has been released and is now available for free download through the Android Market.

PressReader for Honeycomb, compatible with 3.0/3.1 Honeycomb-based tablets, brings readers over 1,800 full-content newspapers and magazines from 95 countries in 48 languages available through www.pressdisplay.com.  Available on tablets such as the Asus Eee Pad Transformer, the HTC Flyer, the Motorola Xoom, and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1, PressReader for Honeycomb takes advantage of the larger screen sizes and hardware acceleration offered by the Google Android Honeycomb platform.

Key features of PressReader for Android Honeycomb include:

• Support for on-board hardware acceleration on Honeycomb-based devices
• A more immersive reading interface, customized for larger screen sizes
• Automatic daily download of user-selected titles
• High-performance navigation using thumbnails or tables of contents
• Intuitive reading experience: flip, pan, rotate and zoom articles and photos
• Support for full-graphic page views or easy-to-read text views of articles
• On-demand narration of news stories
• Sharing of articles by email or by posting on social network sites

Check out PressReader for Honeycomb in the video demo below:

As always, we’d love to hear your feedback, comments and suggestions! Feel free to send us a note through PressReader’s email utility, located under the Settings option, or by sending an email directly to androidsupport@support.newspaperdirect.com.

Enjoy!

Michael

Will you be attending this year’s Publishing Expo conference on March 1^st and 2^nd in London, England?

If you are, make sure to catch Nikolay Malyarov, NewspaperDirect’s Vice President of Publishing and Legal Affairs and the Irish Independent’s Patrick Lenehan, CTO – INM Ireland Digital, team up for The Big Digital Debate: Which Platform? And What Strategy? scheduled for Wednesday March 2^nd at 2:10 pm.

And what can you expect if you attend? Well, nothing short of a great debate on hot button issues like:

• Which of the many varied digital options will suite you and your company best?
• Is the iPad right for you? and…
• How to build a multi-faceted strategy for the varied digital platforms available to consumers?

Guaranteed to be riveting, Nikolay, Patrick and other panelists will attempt to provide those in attendance with clarity and perspective on issues those in the publishing world are currently facing, so don’t miss out!

And don’t forget to drop by and chat with Johanie Marcoux, Director, Publishing at NewspaperDirect at booth B25 to see all the latest releases of PressReader and SmartEdition apps on the newest tablets.

We hope to see you there!

Cheers,

Michael

News junkies rejoice! PressReader v1.1.11.0221, now available for download through the Android Market or PressReader.com, brings users some great new features, functionality, enhancements and fixes.

With PressReader for Android v1.1.11.0221, users now have the ability to:

• Easily set up new accounts using in app registration
• Share articles via Twitter and Facebook
• Select and designate favorite titles (synced with PressDisplay.com “My Newspapers”)
• Sort and view titles in Store by favorite designation or recently ordered (in addition to country or language)
• Intuitively browse supplements grouped under respective main publications with the option to “download all supplements”  (a note to Pay As You Go subscribers:  once a supplement is purchased within a supplement group, all others within that group are available free of charge)

…where they will be able to enjoy:

• A streamlined auto-delivery process where a publication’s latest issue will be downloaded rather than its complete issue history
• A notification message appearing in the system bar advising download completion
• Enhanced search functionality when searching within a specific country (i.e. results from that specific country will appear first)
• The ability to select a specific account if multiple accounts have been authorized

…and will no longer have to worry about:

• The unavailability of 7 free trial issues associated with each new PressReader installation
• Not being able to “Connect to the server”
• Purchasing individual issues without receiving a confirmation prompt (applies to Pay As You Go subscribers only)

As always, we would love to hear your feedback, comments and suggestions! Please let us know how we’re doing by sending us a note through PressReader’s email utility, located under the Settings option, or by sending an email directly to androidsupport@support.newspaperdirect.com.

Cheers,

Michael

For all the Android users out there who have been champing at the bit…the wait is over!

PressReader for Android has been released and is now available for download through the Android Market! To check it out, simply scan the QR Code to the left with your device.

With PressReader, users will now be able to read over 1,750 full-content newspapers from 92 countries in 48 languages on their favorite Android smartphone or tablet.  And just like PressReader for iPad/iPhone, PressReader for Android will allow readers to:

• Set up automated subscriptions to their favorite titles
• Flip pages like their reading real publications
• Pan and zoom articles and photos and view in stunning clarity
• Easily browse publications using page thumbnails or interactive tables of contents
• Open full articles in easy-to-read text view
• Share articles by email
• Listen to publications using on-demand audio
• Search across titles and select titles they wish to download
• Authorize PressReader as part of their PressDisplay.com subscription

“From the moment PressReader hit the iPad, we received countless requests for the same app on Android devices,” said Alex Kroogman, CEO of NewspaperDirect. “With the launch of PressReader for Android, we have opened up a wealth of new delivery channels for our publishing partners. And while publishers enjoy the increased audited circulation and revenues that come with being part of PressReader, SmartEdition publishers can also choose to white-label PressReader for their loyal subscribers at zero operational cost to them.”

For those who are new to PressReader or PressDisplay.com, enjoy 7 free trial issues once PressReader has been downloaded.  If you’d like to learn a little more about PressReader, make sure to check out http://www.pressreader.com/android.html.

If you’re already a PressDisplay.com subscriber, click here for instructions on how to authorize PressReader.

As always, we would love to get as much feedback as possible so please send all of your comments and suggestions to androidsupport@support.newspaperdirect.com or be the first to comment on this post.

Enjoy!

Michael