I am editor of a column for Serials Review called Bits & Bytes. I’m working on a column for the vol. 30 no. 3 (fall 2004) issue and my topic is what I call journal viewers. My focus is on two that I’ve used a fair amount: Zinio and Newsstand . The main thing I want to do is to address the question, are these journal viewers just as good as reading the print version? Obviously because they are reading digital versions, there are many things these viewers can do that can’t be done in the print environment, but the main thing is, if given a choice, would someone prefer receiving a magazine in digital form, to be read with one of these viewers, instead of getting it in print? Also, what are the implications for this kind of new technology for libraries, assuming it becomes widely accepted? If anyone who reads this blog knows of sources of more information about these or other journal viewer software of which I’m not aware, please drop me a line.