There's something about a magazine I enjoy. Maybe it's the relaxing nature of its content. Maybe it's the gloss and shine as I turn the pages. Maybe it's the shorter reads tucked within its pages. I do enjoy magazines but, honestly, as I've become more digital I don't read them as much. I just don't seem to have the interest in picking up a paper magazine, carrying it around, having it clutter up our house, and then having to properly recycle it. Additionally, I'm deterred by the ever increasing cost of picking up a magazine in the grocery store checkout line.
Though I've been a converted digital reader for some time, I still want a magazine to seem like a magazine when I read it. I've tried to order magazines on my device, but haven't found that to be easy enough that I have continued the practice.
Recently, however, all of that changed! A few weeks ago I stumbled upon Texture and have found myself once again spending time with magazines, a guilty pleasure. I began my subscription about two weeks ago, and have found Texture to be like finding a seat near the magazine rack at the local Barnes and Noble. I've been so excited about its content.
Texture:
- allows me to read from a variety of popular magazines.
- brings popular articles from different magazines to my attention.
- allows me to download magazines so I can read outside of a wifi network.
- allows me to create a "favorite" magazine shelf for quick access to the magazines I want to read most.
- maintains the look and feel of a magazine when I read from my tablet.
- can be placed on up to five devices.
While the perks of Texture are obvious for the magazine lover, I've recently discovered a perk as a teacher as the service has several children's magazines as part of its collections including: National Geographic Kids, Sports Illustrated Kids, Cricket and Ladybug. These titles are sure to be useful in providing digital shared reading opportunities with students.
Texture may well be the greatest thing since Netflix!
