All Rapid Media Titles Now Available in Zinio

Palmer Rapids, ON, February 1, 2012 – Rapid Media has addedKayak Angler alongside it’s three other publications, Rapid, Canoerootsand Adventure Kayak to Zinio - the world’s largest digital newsstand.

With all four titles (and most back issues) now in Zinio, readers can access over 10 years worth of great articles, pictures, stories, tips, techniques and gear reviews from anywhere in the world and since Zinio has reader apps for the iPad, iPhone, Android, and home computer – you can read them on any device—even on some fancy refrigerators.

“Although we have our own online editions, iPad apps and are developing an Android app (releasing March 1^st), it’s important for us to be in Zinio,” says Scott MacGregor, founder and publisher at Rapid Media. “With media changing so quickly we want to make sure paddlers can get their fix anywhere, anytime, on any device. Having all of our titles in Zinio is another big step toward achieving that goal.”

“Don’t go thinking we’re giving up on print. Print magazines are alive and well and remain our top premium product,” MacGregor adds. “In fact, digital access is driving print sales. People find our magazines on their mobile devices and then sign up for print subscriptions.”

In the digital editions, readers get the same great magazine articles they’ve come to expect, plus they get additional photo galleries and video features. Digital editions also allow Rapid Media to share magazines with paddlers around the world. “I never imagined in ’99 when I started Rapid Media that someone in Belarus or Nigeria could access our magazines so easily,” says MacGregor.

For readers, Zinio enables the ability to shop for, search inside, read, share and save digital content in new ways and on many devices. With hundreds of thousands of digital magazines and books, and e-stores localized in 23 local newsstands, readers from any country in the world can purchase content once to be read on any screen. Zinio.com is the largest online newsstand in the world.

Rapid Media has been the leader in paddlesports media since 1999. Rapid Media publishes Rapid, Adventure Kayak,Canoeroots & Family Camping, and Kayak Angler magazines, and produces the Reel Paddling Film Festival and Rapid Media TV. Rapid Media is a proud partner of the ACA and Paddle Canada. www.rapidmedia.com.

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