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ktg said: Somewhat off-topic, but WTH.

Called ZD and they confirmed that my subscription is still good through 2016 (yes, 2016---thank you internet free mag deals), but oddly enough, their system showed my account to be "on hold." Neither the CSR nor I could fathom any reason for this. Baffling. Subscription has been "reactivated" now.

Anyone ever have that happen?

Yeah, that happened to me several times. I kept calling and getting the print version reactivated, but it wasn't until I had to call ZD a fourth or fifth time that I got a CSR who knew exactly what was going on. Here's the deal: If you have concurrent print and digital subscriptions of PC Magazine (or any other ZD title, I suppose) going to the same name and address, and you then signed up for another free year of the digital version (as I have over and over, to the point where I have subscriptions to both versions going through 2024 ), a bug in their computer system can cause the print subscription to automatically go "on hold".

Of course, they're happy to turn it back on for you and make good on the missed print copies, but the only reliable solutions to the problem seem to be one of the following:

A) Change your print subscription so it goes to another address (have it sent to your workplace, for example);

B) Set up a separate Zinio account, using a different email address (and preferably a different name and postal address as well; hey, it's Zinio, so why do they need a physical address anyway), and use it just for your PC Mag signups. (The problem here is that the Zinio software can't handle more than one account, so you'd need to set it up on a separate computer as well.)

C) Stop signing up for even more free 1-year subscriptions.

I chose option (C), mainly because the last time I called ZD (when a print copy just got lost in the mail), the CSR had to manually override something in her computer in order to even access my account ... my expiration date is so far into the future that she couldn't even edit it!

denis327 said: Add PC World Magazine to the list

PC World

THANKS OP!

I need to Link to Magazine "Conozca mas", "Tu", "Eres", "Pc Magazine en espanol", "Mundo Ejecutivo", "Poder y Negocios", "Latina Magazine".

Thanks for you help.

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Bump! This is still alive!

BTW - you can easily take advantage of this and get years of free magazines.

Are the PC World and Computer Shopper subscriptions only for one Magazine or for 12 months?

You can't fix it. Every two or three weeks their computers figure it out and remove you. But then you can just sign up again.

xigma said: Business week no longer works for me, Anyone else getting the same thing?

I am afraid is gone for good...

momma36 said: Thanks OP. I don't mind reading these on the computer instead of in the bathroom for a change. I just wish I could upload these to my decrepit Palm


Well ... in theory you could print to PDF and then use a PDF reader in your palm....but probably you need a better than decrepit Palm to make it usable.

Has anyone figured out how to open these files without using the zinio reader.

mperez

So anyone figure out how to change digital sub to print sub for business week? When i click the link it asks for subscription number..obviously i dont have that..

Thanks for the post.
Zino 3.0 works great. I stopped using Zino a couple of years ago. It always crashed on opening.
The magazines look great on a 1680x1050 monitor

only Pcworld and Bussiense week can be changed 2 print...not EGM or any other..