zine online

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We are in awe of the website for the Zine Collection at Jacksonville Public Library. It’s got details about zines from their collection, interviews with zine publishers, and this great video:

We posted this before, but lost the post when our hosting provider had a server fail. Utne Reader has announced the winners of its 21st annual Independent Press Awards. For the first time in several years, there was no zine category. We wondered why, so we emailed folks at Utne to ask. Utne Librarian Danielle Maestretti said the magazine has been receiving fewer zine submissions than they used to, and that it’s not necessarily a permanent change. What do you think about it? Do you care?

And: Jen Angel (former publisher of the zine Fucktooth and Clamor magazine) shares advice on How to Promote Your Own Book. Worth a read.

What do you think about print-on-demand services such as MagCloud or Newspaper Club for printing zines? Have any of you used a service like this? We’d love to share your comments in the next issue of ZW.