Instant access to 5000 newspapers

tipperaryboy wrote: »

Was using for last month using Wexford 8000.. number now expired have tried using 90000000 not working any suggestions

A random 8-digit number starting with 3 was working for me until a few days ago. Now it still works, but I can only see the front page of each magazine or newspaper. When I try to read any articles it just goes back to the main page.

are all titles locked now ? it's asking me to sign up to 'premium' ? havent been on the site in a while

JTMan wrote: »

900000000 still works for me.

Ithanks for that but I have a proper library card... wondering have subscriptions changed

mada999 wrote: »

Ithanks for that but I have a proper library card... wondering have subscriptions changed

Is it possible that 12 months have passed since your card was physically scanned into the system at your local library?

If you don’t present it at least once a year in the flesh, so to speak, then the online services stop working till you scan it at the library again.

No, working away with the proper library number for me.

BTW this is Bargain Alert of the decade.

Dublin is working away fine

Rows Grower wrote: »

Click the link on the first post and straight in.

Not working for me either. Can log in but can only see front page of publications.

Soon as I use the next page button, or click something in the table of contents, it redirects me to some kind of "Your favorite (sic) news" page with a load of articles from Canadian news sources!

Something gone very fubar. Pressdisplay UI is horrendous compared to the proper Pressreader apps or website, but it would tide me over till the main services worked again for me. Now even that's gone.

The only library newspaper thing I have now is that Proquest thing that Kerry Library website links.
Proquest is like the love child of Windows 2.0 and a Motorola WAP phone from 1998.
No use whatsover. It can't find anything unless you know the exact headline of the article you are seeking, and even then it fails a lot o the time. No images, no formatting unless you count a plain text file as formatting.

Unfortunately no.

https isn't staying set for me on Pressdisplay, it keeps bouncing back to http as soon as I press enter and the page loads. Tried it on Chrome and Firefox. same result.

I suspect there is something up with the card database of the library or something, because I had to get a new library number a few years ago as the older number stopped working with the Borrowbox ebook service, and nothing the librarians tried would revive the card number on that service, even though it worked for RBDigital magazines service.

duridian wrote: »

Gone for me now as well on all devices, and I’ve definitely used my card at library recently.
Don’t know what’s the cause. They just have a ropey system I guess.

Same Issue. The Pressreader app library login stopped working for me on New Year's Day.

Library card does not login when you enter the pin. Instead when you click on a newspaper it asks you to confirm that you want to pay for it.

Tried a second library card and had same issue.

Checked my library card on Borrowbox app and it is showing as out of date. So I will need to go to the library to do a card renewal and see whether that resolves it.

Can't get the old Pressdisplay site or the Pressreader app to work.:mad:

What is really annoying about this is that the county library structure is now supposed to be a fully integrated national library service.

Yet Pressreader still seems to be offered by only a handful of county libraries around the country.

spurious wrote: »

9000000 just worked for me.
My actual library card number didn't.

For Pressdisplay website only? I got in there just now but earlier it was kicking me out.

I presume this 9000000 number doesn't work to access the Pressreader app?

New Home wrote: »

Have you tried with the number 9000000 instead?

Tried it, yesterday but it was not working for me on anything, whether apps or website.

Tried it again just now on the Pressdisplay version of website and it seemed to work, as I can access pages of the Irish Independent other than the cover.

Thanks for the tip. Hope the other version returns, but this will keep me going for now.
Cheers!

My library card seems to be working fine in Pressreader app again today.

I guess it was some bug or glitch after all, which probably went unnoticed until now by library service due to the Christmas break.

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Not working for me today.
Is the 9xxx number for the Dub library?

I think the 9xxx number is only working for the old version of PressReader website, called PressDisplay. You’ll find a link to it in the very first post of this thread.

Can’t say with absolute certainty, but the 9xxx number didn’t ever work for me on any of the PressReader branded stuff whether app or website, because the login for libraries seems to also need a pin there.

It started working fine for me again today using my own library card number and PIN. Just returned by itself. I didn’t do anything in the past week to revive it, as my card had been used recently at bricks and mortar library, and all other online library services had been working okay apart from PressReader.

Cork City & County Libraries added to this in the past week or so (or at least that's when it was announced). Might be useful in the current period...

emclau wrote: »

Hi
Is anyone else having issues with the PressReader app recently? I can’t download Irish Indo or any of the Sunday papers this morning.. keeps asking me to upgrade to premium. Currently using my Irish library (dun laoighre) account.. thanks!

Just checked it now (also DunL) and it seems fine - you do need to re-register every 30 days - could that be the problem ?

Trying this now with my card from Mayo County Library. That is one of the libraries on the dropdown, but I get Unknown Error. Tried it both with mobile app and on desktop. No joy with either.

dulpit wrote: »

Details here:
http://www.corkcitylibraries.ie/en/online/explore-online/explore-online.html

Basically, download pressreader and sign up, use your library card number when prompted.

Not sure am I doing something stupid here but trying to login to pressreader with a Cork City library card and failing



I get to enter my library card number which is accepted, then I get to a "New User" signin but I'm not sure what the password is supposed to be ? No matter what I enter I get "invalid password", I dont have an existing pressreader account and the password I have works on the library site.



Any ideas ?

dulpit wrote: »

You need to create a new account with pressreader. Your Library Card number is essentially a coupon code for pressreader then to cover you for 30 days (but you can enter it every 30 days, no issues)

Thank you, I'm in ! I'm going to blame it as a poor design rather than me being stupid

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Anyone else finding no content in the app when you do log in?
I'm just getting a spinning wheel on every section.

I had to log out and in again and all seems ok now.

Working fine for me today with random 8 digits beginning with 9. I find it usually rejects my first attempt but when I retry its ok.

You don't need random numbers anymore. You can get your own library card number and pin online since the Corona virus outbreak lockdown. It's much less hassle and it'll work every month.

https://www.librariesireland.ie/news/online-services-during-coronavirus