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RBdigital Magazines Transition to OverDrive

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Jan 18, 2021

As you know, OverDrive had acquired RBdigital last year. As a result, our Library’s RBdigital Unlimited Magazines (Zinio) service from RBdigital will be transferred to the OverDrive platform Libby on Thursday, January 28, 2021.

Starting that morning (around 8:00AM ET), all titles from the RBdigital Unlimited Magazines package will be gradually migrating to our OverDrive platform Libby. This process may take a few hours and once complete, it could take up to 24 hours for all titles to fully populate. After the transfer to OverDrive, the ZINIO magazine titles will also continue to be available in the RBdigital app until March 31, 2021. 

A package of over 3,000 popular titles with varieties of languages and up to three years of back issues will be available for unlimited simultaneous access with no circulation caps, except The Economist. 

We are working together with OverDrive to commit to a smooth transition for our customers.

If you have any questions in the meantime, please feel free to contact our library InfoService. We are here and happy to help.

Enjoy!

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Will the Zinio app continue to work for reading issues

Submitted by PMOttawa on January 21, 2021 - 9:47pm
While I checked out magazines using RBDigital, I found that the reading experience was a lot better using Zinio. Will that continue to be possible?

Thank you for your question.

Submitted by OPL_BPO_Zoe on January 27, 2021 - 11:36am
Thank you for your question. I still have not heard back from the vendor with the answer - I will respond once I have news.

Vendor response

Submitted by OPL_BPO_Zoe on February 1, 2021 - 4:18pm
Thank you for your patience - I have now heard from the vendor. Unfortunately, customers will not be able to see content borrowed from OverDrive on the Zinio app. I do find that the experience using the mobile app Libby is very good - I hope you find the the transition smooth. If you have other questions, don't hesitate to contact us again.