How Do You Like Your Large Print Magazines?

I could hardly wait to write about this week's topic - large print magazines. If you or your loved one has macular degeneration they perhaps have found that reading magazines is a strain and not as much fun as it used to be.

E book readers are opening up a new and beautiful opportunity to read and look at magazines with full color pictures .... in large print. Up until now the availability of large print magazines was very limited - really just a handful and most likely your favorite magazine was not one of them.

Barnes and Noble Nook

I went to my local Barnes and Noble to take a look at the new Nook Color that just became available the middle of November. The new Nook Color offers a full color screen, unlike the Kindle readers.

The Barnes and Noble offers a fantastic list of diverse e-magazines for men and women - magazines like House Beautiful, Woman's Day, or Country Living for women and Cycle World and Men's Health for men.

Monthly subscriptions cost around$.90 - $2.99/month and a single issues around $1.99.- $4.99.

Magazines are provided with a 14 day free trial period, so if you find that you don't like the magazine you can cancel it without being charged.

Apple iPad

In my opinion the Apple iPad is the best e book reader for magazines. The screen is so much larger than the Barnes and Noble Nook. Right now magazines are available through the Zinio app. The selection is better than any book store - for men and women.

Magazines like Good Housekeeping, Home and Garden, or food magazines like Eating Light or Food Network. If you find a recipe that you like in the magazine - just take your iPad to the kitchen, bookmark the page, zoom the text and now you can read the recipe.

See a picture that you like? Zoom the picture so that it is bigger and easier to see.

Oh, and some magazines offer interactive videos - like National Geographic and Popular Science.

To see what other options are available for large print magazines go to:

Large Print Magazines

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Leslie Degner, RN, BSN

Better Health for Better Vision

www.WebRN-MacularDegeneration.com

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