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The Placer County Builders Exchange produces several publications for our members and public viewing.

The Builders Exchange E-zone is a weekly publication for members to find information about construction projects, industry updates and news, safety meetings, PCCA events, and much more.

The Safety E-zone is a monthly publication that provides safety information, products and events.

The Professional Contractor is currently in the design stages.

Going Electronic

When we decided to go digital, we chose C & S Publishing and Zinio as our digital publishing partner and software. Why?

As the recognized publisher, C & S Publishing knows digital publishing like nobody else in our area.
Electronic publications using the innovative and powerful Zinio software are sweeping the nation.
Zinio offers the best digital reading experience for our customers.
Only C & S Publishing offers complete services – from custom formatted electronic newspapers and newsletters, automated download tool, advertisement creation and marketing, seamless production services, e-mail notification services, tracking numbers of receipt and open status, extensive digital delivery, circulation and fulfillment services.

We are reducing production and distribution costs, growing customer bases and developing new revenue streams while evolving to stay relevant to our audiences. We also offer training how to best utilize this software and information at our Plans On-Line & E-zone Workshops. Check our Calendar for the next instructional workshop.

You can pick up the latest edition of our Builders Exchange E-zone and Safety E-zone in our office or online.

Instructions

Downloading and viewing our e-paper is easy. Here’s how:
First, you need to have the new Zinio Reader. It’s like the old Adobe Acrobat Reader, only much better. Downloading the Zinio reader does not replace your Acrobat Reader; it’s a new tool to use. And it’s free! Just click HERE to download the install file. Once the Zinio Reader install file (.exe) has been downloaded to your desktop, double click on it to install the Reader. Just follow the prompts. It will ask you to register and we encourage you to do so because that will get you all the free program updates as they become available. When the Zinio Reader has been installed on your computer you will see a new icon on your desktop that looks like this:

After the Zinio Reader has been downloaded and installed, you can download (save to disk) any or all the e-papers you desire. Make sure to save the publication in to: "C:/My Documents/My Zinio Library" folder. You can download the Builders Exchange e-Zone at www.pccae-zone.com. Now when you open Zinio from your desktop all you papers will be located in the library.

Or you can install the Download Manager.

The Download Manager is a program to download electronic newspapers, or e-papers, as soon as they become available. Simply install the Download Manager and check the publications you want to receive. When C&S Publishing posts a new e-paper, the Download Manager automatically goes out to the Internet and fetches it for you. No more emails filling up your Inbox or manually checking the website!

To read an e-paper, just double click on the Zinio Reader icon on your desktop. When it open click on the library button at the top left. Select (dbl click) the paper you would like to read. It will automatically open the Zinio Reader and display your e-paper! It’s that easy! Remember, it is always faster to save the file to your disk then to open it.

If you have trouble installing the Zinio Reader, here is a link to online HELP. That link will take you to the Zinio Website. At the top, towards the right click on the tab marked "Help".