Instant access to 5000 newspapers

taytobreath · 17-11-2016 10:47pm #1

If you go to http://library.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx and key in a random 7 digit number into the "Barcode/Library card No" it will give u access to 5000 newspapers around the world and a range of material for children like comics such as the Beano, Horrible Histories etc.

I got this from hukd. theres a list below For Irish newspapers.
Apologies in advance if this has been posted before.

Bloomberg Businessweek (Europe)
Bray People
Drogheda Independent
Enniscorthy Guardian
Fingal Independent
Gorey Guardian
Irish Independent
Mid Louth Independent
New Ross Standard
Sunday Independent (Ireland)
The Argus
The Corkman
The Kerryman (North Kerry)
The Kerryman (South Kerry Edition)
The Kerryman (Tralee Edition)
The Sligo Champion
The Wall Street Journal Europe
Wexford People
Wicklow People
Wicklow People (Arklow)
Wicklow People (West Edition)

vicwatson · 17-11-2016 11:04pm

Cool find.

You don't need to put in email address just the barcode and go.

yannakis · 18-11-2016 9:14am

What's the story with the clickbait title?

Sappy404 · 18-11-2016 9:30am

Wallstreet Journal there, following in the footsteps of Wicklow People and The Kerryman with a local edition.

Tom Cruises Left Nut · 18-11-2016 9:39am

YanisK wrote: »

What's the story with the clickbait title?

You won't BELIEVE it

taytobreath · 18-11-2016 10:22pm

YanisK wrote: »

What's the story with the clickbait title?

haha

I actually put in instant access to 5000 newspapers around the world.

I dont no where the rest went to and i did try to change it.

_Whimsical_ · 19-11-2016 12:46am

Great find OP!

Anyone found a phone or tablet app?

Joziburg · 19-11-2016 12:34pm

Great find!!! Thanks. Does feel like an old iPhone app!?

hmmm · 19-11-2016 12:43pm

I think this is less of a Bargain alert and more of a bug.

Prenderb · 19-11-2016 2:31pm

What's the random number?

snubbleste · 19-11-2016 2:33pm

Prenderb wrote: »

What's the random number?

It's hidden in the OP

_Whimsical_ · 19-11-2016 5:31pm

This works really well in a tablet without an app!
If I could like your post twice OP I would.

Anyone know how you can register an account using this sort of login, just so we could keep access when this bug is inevitably fixed?

There are loads of magazines there too btw if you search or look through the listings by country.

kmurph · 20-11-2016 1:37am

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Anyone know how you can register an account using this sort of login, just so we could keep access when this bug is inevitably fixed?

Get a library card! That's what's meant to be used.

endacl · 20-11-2016 1:41am

Prenderb wrote: »

What's the random number?

Dunno. Starts with a digit? Then six more? Or something?

CantGetNoSleep · 20-11-2016 1:48am

Anyone have any bangers?

endacl · 20-11-2016 1:49am

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

Anyone have any bangers?

https://www.google.ie/search?q=citroen+dealers+dublin&rlz=1C9BKJA_enIE657IE657&oq=citroen+dealer&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l3.5909j0j7&hl=en-GB&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

Skerries · 20-11-2016 3:02am

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

Anyone have any bangers?

I have a few black cats left over from Halloween

loud as Fúck!

Mountainsandh · 20-11-2016 4:30pm

endacl wrote: »

Dunno. Starts with a digit? Then six more? Or something?

I have a library card, but wasn't arsed to find it, so I went for a number completely at random. Well I did start with 20 as that's what my library card starts with, and something like maybe 8 digits in all. I tried more at first and it didn't work, so around 7/8 digits at random.

Thanks OP love it, I was able to read a whole load of French papers and magazines I hadn't read in ages.
I'm going to register for good I think.

okidoki987 · 20-11-2016 8:28pm

Good bargain but lacking a good few quality Irish Sunday Papers like Sunday World

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allthedoyles · 20-11-2016 8:32pm

Our local rag is there and you can read it page by page . Thanks you just saved me €2 a week.

Marhay70 · 20-11-2016 8:57pm

Interesting that virtually all the titles available from Ireland are part of the INM group. Really only a bargain if you subscribe to the Denis O'Brien take on things.

_Whimsical_ · 21-11-2016 12:00am

Marhay70 wrote: »

Interesting that virtually all the titles available from Ireland are part of the INM group. Really only a bargain if you subscribe to the Denis O'Brien take on things.

And beware everyone, there's only another several thousand publications from around the world to choose from if you're not a fan of the Indo, so don't go getting unnecessarily excited now :rolleyes:

Batesout · 21-11-2016 7:02pm

taytobreath wrote: »

If you go to http://library.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx and key in a random 7 digit number into the "Barcode/Library card No" it will give u access to 5000 newspapers around the world and a range of material for children like comics such as the Beano, Horrible Histories etc.

I got this from hukd. theres a list below For Irish newspapers.
Apologies in advance if this has been posted before.

Bloomberg Businessweek (Europe)
Bray People
Drogheda Independent
Enniscorthy Guardian
Fingal Independent
Gorey Guardian
Irish Independent
Mid Louth Independent
New Ross Standard
Sunday Independent (Ireland)
The Argus
The Corkman
The Kerryman (North Kerry)
The Kerryman (South Kerry Edition)
The Kerryman (Tralee Edition)
The Sligo Champion
The Wall Street Journal Europe
Wexford People
Wicklow People
Wicklow People (Arklow)
Wicklow People (West Edition)

Great Stuff by OP

studdlymurphy · 21-11-2016 10:02pm

Invalid barcode? Do I need to give email and password?

xraylady · 21-11-2016 11:05pm

Looks like it's stopped working..
I've tried too and giving 'invalid barcode message'
Oh well!

byte · 21-11-2016 11:10pm

Sure just sign up to the local library, you'll get access then.

Also access to tons of magazines with zinio.
https://www.rbdigital.com/lgma/service/zinio/landing

yoshimitsu · 23-01-2017 5:25pm

Stupidly logged out from the website on my PC and now cant get back in with my previous "credentials" (made up 7 digit number).
I've opened a S. Dublin Public Library account, went in to put my number and it still says invalid. Is anybody else able to get in with a Dublin Library card number??
Thanks

Pique · 24-01-2017 12:34am

Must try this. Thanks OP.

digitaldr · 24-01-2017 2:12pm

Random 8 digit number worked for me. Good to see lots of magazines there too - they even have Viz! Unfortunately ever time I try to go beyond the first page I'm kicked back to the home screen using Chrome on my PC. On the mobile site it just gets stuck on "Loading, please wait..." Maybe I'm doing something wrong?

bricky06 · 24-01-2017 2:53pm

A random 8 digit code worked for me too and I've had no issues with chrome on Android. The UI is extremely clunky though, not sure how much I'll be using it...

_Whimsical_ · 24-01-2017 2:55pm

Random 8 digit number not working for me!
Peculiar...

nava · 24-01-2017 2:56pm

digitaldr wrote: »

Random 8 digit number worked for me. Good to see lots of magazines there too - they even have Viz! Unfortunately ever time I try to go beyond the first page I'm kicked back to the home screen using Chrome on my PC. On the mobile site it just gets stuck on "Loading, please wait..." Maybe I'm doing something wrong?

Was that on the Magazines or the Newspapers? I can use the Magazines but newspapers doesn't work for me anymore

jimmycrackcorm · 24-01-2017 2:59pm

I was in the library last week and saw a sign saying that zinio access would be withdrawn in a number of weeks. It'll be replaced by something else.

scheister · 24-01-2017 2:59pm

just managed to log in with a 8 digit code

Cathmandooo · 24-01-2017 3:04pm

I got in there, stuck in an 8 digit code, which was denied, then stuck a 0 in front of it and got in.

Thanks op!

digitaldr · 24-01-2017 3:26pm

nava wrote: »

Was that on the Magazines or the Newspapers? I can use the Magazines but newspapers doesn't work for me anymore

Both

leck · 24-01-2017 3:41pm

I can access magazines through Zinio, but failed to access the newspapers. Followed link in OP, tried random 7 digits, 8 digits, library card number preceded by 0.

_Whimsical_ · 24-01-2017 4:57pm

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

I was in the library last week and saw a sign saying that zinio access would be withdrawn in a number of weeks. It'll be replaced by something else.

Oh no! Thats pretty much the best bargain ever. Do you know what the replacement will be?

d31b0y · 24-01-2017 5:36pm

I'm having luck with 8 digit numbers starting with 3. I have tried about 10 and they have all worked.

jimmynokia · 24-01-2017 6:18pm

Random 8 starting with number 3 worked for me just now

yoshimitsu · 25-01-2017 10:45am

yoshimitsu wrote: »

Stupidly logged out from the website on my PC and now cant get back in with my previous "credentials" (made up 7 digit number).
I've opened a S. Dublin Public Library account, went in to put my number and it still says invalid. Is anybody else able to get in with a Dublin Library card number??
Thanks

I was able to get in with a "random" 8 digit number starting with a zero. I must've tried 10x with true random numbers (and my proper Library ID number) but wasnt able. Thanks for the tip
Pity about Zinio as the interface on tablets was great. Will ask the Library what it will be substituted with

_Whimsical_ · 25-01-2017 2:46pm

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

I was in the library last week and saw a sign saying that zinio access would be withdrawn in a number of weeks. It'll be replaced by something else.

I wrote to the librariesireland.ie about this to ask if it was the case and they said that it's not true, there are no plans to change Zinio access.

Maybe you saw an old poster from last year when they changed the Zinio service and made it nationwide. People had to delete their old accounts and make news ones on the librariesireland.ie site.

Hopefully that's the case anyway as there's so much great content for free on that service now.

Francie Barrett · 25-01-2017 3:19pm

Any time I try to read a magazine, it shows the first page, when I try to go to the next page, it just goes back to the home page? Anyone else seeing this?

digitaldr · 26-01-2017 1:24am

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Any time I try to read a magazine, it shows the first page, when I try to go to the next page, it just goes back to the home page? Anyone else seeing this?

Exact same for me - I've tried it with Chrome and IE on 2 different windows computers + in an incognito tab. Same for Chrome on Android. Just before it goes back to the home page there a little animation of a rectangle shrinking and moving to the top of the page.

Shanegggg · 26-01-2017 9:28am

digitaldr wrote: »

Exact same for me - I've tried it with Chrome and IE on 2 different windows computers + in an incognito tab. Same for Chrome on Android. Just before it goes back to the home page there a little animation of a rectangle shrinking and moving to the top of the page.

Works for me in Firefox.
Try clicking on the next page icon on the bottom of the page beside the printer icon.

Francie Barrett · 26-01-2017 10:42am

Shanegggg wrote: »

Works for me in Firefox.
Try clicking on the next page icon on the bottom of the page beside the printer icon.

Tried that too. Really annoying, because this worked perfect for my previously.

yoshimitsu · 26-01-2017 11:34am

digitaldr wrote: »

Exact same for me - I've tried it with Chrome and IE on 2 different windows computers + in an incognito tab. Same for Chrome on Android. Just before it goes back to the home page there a little animation of a rectangle shrinking and moving to the top of the page.

Same exact thing is happening to me on Firefox. Tried everything but I only get so see the front page of newspapers.

Shanegggg · 27-01-2017 1:45pm

Same problem with Firefox this morning.

Logged out and logged in with an 8 digit number starting with 4.
All working again!

poitinstill · 28-01-2017 9:36am

working perfect on Chrome random number starting with 0

mac.in · 30-01-2017 12:18pm

Having problem to go to next page for me too on firefox.

sweetie · 06-12-2017 2:40pm

So this has been replaced by pressreader app. Not available in DCC but I signed up online with a wicklow address and within minutes had access to the likes of uncut, hot press, irish indo, the guardian etc. Nice easy to use app too.

Instant access to 5000 newspapers

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