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How to use ePress
Choose your nearest ePress reading point
You can use ePress at the distribution points of the service. These can be found in libraries, health centres, various businesses and public spaces, among others. ePress reading points can be found conveniently on the HotSpot map.
Join your distributor's network and activate your reading rights
To read ePress magazines, you need a reading right, which you can obtain from the service's distribution point, either locally, by connecting to the distribution point's network or remotely (for example, via the library network).
Open the catalogue and enjoy a moment of reading
In the ePress digital newsstand you will find a selection of hundreds of newspapers and magazines from all major publishers.
Frequently asked questions
Instructions for using ePress
About ePress
What is the ePress service?
ePress® is a digital magazine service that provides readers with easy, device-independent access to the visual magazines of the major publishers. The service is available through more than 1000 ePress reading points nationwide and its magazines are read more than 8 million times a year. In addition to the visual magazines, ePress also offers the most popular content in audio versions that can be listened to, as well as a text view optimised for mobile screens in the language of the reader’s choice.
What magazines are available on ePress?
The ePress range of magazines includes newspapers and magazines from all major publishers in digital format. Our content selection is constantly growing with both domestic and international high quality titles. In addition to the latest issues, the service’s archive also includes back issues.
How to use ePress?
ePress works on all internet-connected devices such as smartphones, computers and tablets in a browser. The service is available at over 1000 ePress outlets nationwide, both locally and remotely. To start using the service, find your nearest reading point on the map and open the digital newsstand at www.epress.fi.
Where can I find ePress bookmarks?
ePress reading points are offered by libraries, as well as many other public and private institutions such as health centres, hotels and restaurants, hairdressing salons, waiting rooms and lobbies. You can easily find the nearest ePress reading points on our map of reading points.
What is the ePress service?
ePress® is a digital magazine service that provides readers with easy, device-independent access to the visual magazines of the major publishers. The service is available through more than 1000 ePress reading points nationwide and its magazines are read more than 8 million times a year. In addition to the visual magazines, ePress also offers the most popular content in audio versions that can be listened to, as well as a text view optimised for mobile screens in the language of the reader’s choice.
What magazines are available on ePress?
The ePress range of magazines includes newspapers and magazines from all major publishers in digital format. Our content selection is constantly growing with both domestic and international high quality titles. In addition to the latest issues, the service’s archive also includes back issues.
How to use ePress?
ePress works on all internet-connected devices such as smartphones, computers and tablets in a browser. The service is available at over 1000 ePress outlets nationwide, both locally and remotely. To start using the service, find your nearest reading point on the map and open the digital newsstand at www.epress.fi.
Where can I find ePress bookmarks?
ePress reading points are offered by libraries, as well as many other public and private institutions such as health centres, hotels and restaurants, hairdressing salons, waiting rooms and lobbies. You can easily find the nearest ePress reading points on our map of reading points.
What is the ePress service?
ePress® is a digital magazine service that provides readers with easy, device-independent access to the visual magazines of the major publishers. The service is available through more than 1000 ePress reading points nationwide and its magazines are read more than 8 million times a year. In addition to the visual magazines, ePress also offers the most popular content in audio versions that can be listened to, as well as a text view optimised for mobile screens in the language of the reader’s choice.
What magazines are available on ePress?
The ePress range of magazines includes newspapers and magazines from all major publishers in digital format. Our content selection is constantly growing with both domestic and international high quality titles. In addition to the latest issues, the service’s archive also includes back issues.
How to use ePress?
ePress works on all internet-connected devices such as smartphones, computers and tablets in a browser. The service is available at over 1000 ePress outlets nationwide, both locally and remotely. To start using the service, find your nearest reading point on the map and open the digital newsstand at www.epress.fi.
Where can I find ePress HotSpots?
ePress reading points are offered by libraries, as well as many other public and private institutions such as health centres, hotels and restaurants, hairdressing salons, waiting rooms and lobbies. You can easily find the nearest ePress reading points on our map of reading points.
ePress HotSpots
What are ePress Hotpots?
The ePress service is accessed through the HotSpots provided by the network of distributors of the service. These include libraries, tourist and accommodation establishments, entertainment and leisure centres, lobbies and waiting rooms, and other public spaces and operators who wish to offer a wide and high quality selection of magazines to their customers. ePress HotSpots can be easily found HERE.
How do I find an ePress HotSpot?
The ePress service has over 1000 distributors nationwide. For example, more than 90% of libraries offer the service to their own customers. ePress reading points can be found on our map of reading points, and you can also identify them from on-site signage. Find your nearest ePress HotSpot HERE.
Can I read magazines on my own device?
Yes, ePress distributors can provide the service to customers’ own devices both on-site via Wi-Fi and remotely (e.g. library network). Once connected to the ePress distributor’s network, the service is available in the internet browser of the user’s own device at www.epress.fi
Do all the HotSpots have the same newspapers?
The content selection of ePress HotSpots varies depending on which magazines the service’s distribution partner has subscribed to and activated for its own customers. With almost 1,000 different magazines, distributors have plenty of choice to meet their customers’ magazine requirements.
Using the ePress service
How do I read magazines on the ePress HotSpot?
The ePress service is used at the reading points provided by the distributors of the service. These include more than 90% of Finnish libraries. Open the service on the customer terminal provided by the reading point at www.epress.fi and enjoy your reading session without logging in or using any separate applications.
How do I read magazines on my own device or remotely?
Many ePress distributors also offer the service on customers’ own devices and remotely. To read magazines on your own device, join the Wi-Fi network of the distribution point and access the service at www.epress.fi. If the distributor offers the service remotely, you must first log in to that provider’s network (e.g. a library network).
How are audio versions listened to?
ePress also offers the most popular content in audio versions that you can listen to, identified by a yellow headphone icon. To start listening to the magazine, click on the headphone icon and select the article you want to listen to from the playlist.
How do I read magazines in text view?
ePress Text View is a feature that facilitates the reading experience, transforming the text content of visual pages into an easy-to-read text view optimised for the user’s device screen. This feature is useful when using the service on a mobile device, for example.
How do I read magazines on the ePress HotSpot?
The ePress service is used at the reading points provided by the distributors of the service. These include more than 90% of Finnish libraries. Open the service on the customer terminal provided by the reading point at www.epress.fi and enjoy your reading session without logging in or using any separate applications.
How do I read magazines on my own device or remotely?
Many ePress distributors also offer the service on customers’ own devices and remotely. To read magazines on your own device, join the Wi-Fi network of the distribution point and access the service at www.epress.fi. If the distributor offers the service remotely, you must first log in to that provider’s network (e.g. a library network).
How are audio versions listened to?
ePress also offers the most popular content in audio versions that you can listen to, identified by a yellow headphone icon. To start listening to the magazine, click on the headphone icon and select the article you want to listen to from the playlist.
How do I read magazines in text view?
ePress Text View is a feature that facilitates the reading experience, transforming the text content of visual pages into an easy-to-read text view optimised for the user’s device screen. This feature is useful when using the service on a mobile device, for example.
Solutions to problems
I went to the ePress page but I can't read the magazines
ePress can be accessed at the reading points provided by the service distributors, either on client terminals, via Wi-Fi on your own device or remotely. If you use the service at a reading point with your own device, please ensure that you have connected your device to the Wi-Fi network provided by the reading point. The service will then be automatically available on your device’s web browser at www.epress.fi. If you access the service remotely, for example via a library network, please ensure that you are logged in to that network before accessing the ePress website. Please consult the help and information material on how to use the service at the reading point and ask the staff for assistance if necessary.
There is no ePress HotSpot near me
The ePress service is distributed through an ever-growing network of reading points. If you don’t have a reading point near you, see if your local library, for example, offers the service remotely as part of their other online services.
The magazine I wanted did not contain audio versions
The ePress Audio feature is available in the most popular magazines of the service and we are constantly increasing the number and range of audio versions.
The magazine I wanted did not contain a text view
The ePress Text feature is available in the most popular magazines of the service and we are constantly increasing the number and range of these.
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