MEDIA ON DEMAND
The Library offers over 200 magazines through its Media on Demand (MOD) subscription service. MOD digital magazines have no wait lists or holds. CHPL card holders can stream magazines on their computer or enjoy magazines on the go with the Libby app from Overdrive. MOD also has ebooks and eaudiobooks. CHPL card holders can have 20 MOD items checked out at one time; digital magazines do not count towards the checkout limits. The default loan period for magazines is 14 days, but this can be changed to 21 days in the MOD settings.
FLIPSTER
The Library offers a digital collection of around 54 popular magazines through the library's Flipster subscription service. You can enjoy your favorite magazines whenever and wherever you like by either streaming or downloading them. Best of all, there are no limits to how many magazines you can have out at one time. Read it on your computer or use the Flipster app to read it on your iPhone, iPad or Android device. To get started all you need is your library card and SWAN PIN.
Select weekly titles may expire in 2 days while select monthly or seasonal titles may expire in 7 days. If you have not finished with a magazine before it expires, you can simply download it again.
Instructions for Using Flipster:
Getting Started Guide
Flipster Information Sheet for iOS Devices
Flipster Information Sheet for Android Devices
Flipster FAQ’s
Flipster on Desktop Computers – Video Tutorial
Flipster for Mobile Devices – Video Tutorial
Here's a list of the eMagazines available on Flipster to CHPL card holders:
Advocate
Atlantic
Audubon
Bloomberg Businessweek
Boys' Life
Chicago
Christian Century
Consumer Reports
Cosmopolitan
Eating Well
Elle
Entertainment Weekly
Esquire
Family Handyman
Fine Gardening
Food Network Magazine
Forbes
Girls' Life
Good Housekeeping
GQ: Gentlemen's Quarterly
Harper's Bazaar
HGTV Magazine
Highlights
House Beautiful
InStyle
Interweave Knits
Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Ladybug
Macworld
Marie Claire
Martha Stewart Living
Model Railroader
National Geographic
Newsweek Global
OK!
PCWorld
People
Pioneer Woman
Popular Science
Prevention
Quilting Arts
Reader's Digest
Real Simple
Rolling Stone
Runner's World
Shape
Sports Illustrated
Star (US Edition)
Taste of Home
This Old House
TIME
Us Weekly
Woman's Day
Yoga Journal