A zine—a contraction of the word magazine—is most commonly a small circulation, non-commercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images. Zines are often distributed through secondary circuits, such as: trade, zine symposia, record stores, concerts, independent media outlets, mailings, or zine "distros." Many zines are distributed for free or cost less than $1.00 and rarely more than $3.00-5.00. The time and materials necessary to create a zine are seldom matched by the sale of zines. Zines are seldom copyrighted and there is a strong belief among many zine creators that the material within should be freely distributed. Topics covered in zines are broad, and include political, social, or sexual content far enough outside of the mainstream to be prohibitive of inclusion in more traditional media. However, zines did enjoy a brief period of attention from conventional media in the 1990s, when a number of zines were collected and published in book form. Some believe that the widespread adoption of web browsers starting in 1996 marked the end of the classic period for print zines.
The exact origins of the name "zine" and the moment when the word was first used are controversial. It appears likely that zine was invented independently by several subcultures, among them political groups, science-fiction enthusiasts, poets, and literary writers. Zines created and distributed today are most closely associated with the zines that emerged as part of the punk rock movement in the late 1970s.
Zines continue to be popular. Currently zines are important to the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) movement. Recently galvanizing social issues such as globalization, environmentalism, media conglomeration, American imperialismImperialism is the policy of extending the control or authority over foreign entities as a means of acquisition and/or maintenance of empires, either through direct territorial control or through indirect methods of exerting control on the politics and/or and consumerismConsumerism is the tendency of people to identify strongly with products or services they consume, especially those with commercial brand names and obvious status-enhancing appeal, e. an expensive automobile, rich jewellery. It is a pejorative term which have been addressed by "zinesters."
Zine Guide is a contact list available at some news stands that lists titles and publishers of zines. Factsheet FiveFactsheet Five is a periodical originally published by Mike Gunderloy of Albany, New York. It consisted almost exclusively of reviews of privately produced printed matter. In the early 1990s, it was the most important publication in its field, heralding w was one such contact list but has been on hiatus since 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting.
See Also
- FanzineA fanzine (also called a zine) is an amateur publication created by fans of some cultural phenomenon to address or correspond with other fans of the same thing. By definition, fanzines are not funded or subsidized by commercial interests. Contributors are
- SamizdatSee also Samizdat (disambiguation). Samizdat self-published in Russian was a system in the Soviet-bloc countries wherein people clandestinely printed and distributed government-suppressed literature. The idea was that copies were made a few at a time, and
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PublishingPublishing is the activity of putting information in the public arena. Although this can mean something as simple as making an announcement in a pub or market square, for some centuries it has usually referred to the business of producing books, magazines
