Photography zines, printing, blurb, etc.

[jasonw]

Anyone of you make zines? Either done under your own roof or through blurb, etc.?

Any recommendations for me to check out?

I'm starting to experiment with a Canon P300. If you are making a zine, I'd love to hear about your workflow or just have a conversation about it all. All the details from cover stock, size of paper, what to put on the cover, layouts, edits, text or no text ... and of course, subject matter.

[Willie]

What is a zine?

[jasonw]

wikipedia accurately describes it: "A zine is a small-circulation self-published work of original or appropriated texts and images, usually reproduced via a copy machine. Zines are the product of either a single person or of a very small group, and are popularly photocopied into physical prints for circulation."

[Pieter]

Zines are very popular now. You might find more and better information from a forum that deals with them rather than LF photography.

[Tin Can]

I once lived inside a ZINE press, many have stolen the name

It was a free newsprint with Chicago Punk the topic

https://archives.depaul.edu/reposito..._objects/65194

Underdog extinct


However http://lumpen.com/ is always evolving, very political

Ed still at it, he hits every hipster coffee shop before the Internet gets a whiff

Paper is landville

[Alan Klein]

I used Blurb recently to make my first book of my grandson's first birthday. 8 1/2" x 9 1/2", 48 pictures (24 pages) around $50 although they usually have 20% off sales. I had to redo it because the pictures were too dark. No charge. Follow their instructions for lightening up photos as this is often an issue with printing. Blurb has an app that allows you to layout pictures, create text and covers etc. They have different papers to select from as well, flat, semi-gloss, glossy, etc.

[Pieter]

Zines are short-run publications, usually a form of artistic expression, mostly saddle-stitched and have a less polished look than magazines or books. They can incorporate more experimental layouts and materials and binding processes. Many are printed on consumer-grade inkjet printers and a variety of paper stocks. A pretty good source for printing a more mainstream zine would be Blurb's subsidiary MagCloud.

[jasonw]

Zines are very popular now. You might find more and better information from a forum that deals with them rather than LF photography.

Looking less into zines and more into the people who may make or made them. Doesn’t hurt ask.

[Mark Sampson]

I recently self-published a book through Blurb, titled "The House and the Cape". You can see a preview in the Blurb bookstore section (search on my name or the title). They do a pretty good job, considering. I'd use them again.

[Mark Stahlke]

I've put together a couple books on Adorama's Printique. They produce a nice product but they're pricey.