You have a couple different options when selecting your paper. Then, select gloss or matte paper based on your preferences. Coating options include UV coating to prevent scratching and to give the cover a professional, almost wet gloss look and feel. Click here to find more information about paper and options.
You might also want to request paper samples before deciding. Choices for binding are also available and include saddle stitching or perfect binding. The traditional method for binding zines is saddle stitching which is a book binding tool using thin staples inserted into the spine of folded printed material and allows your booklet to lay flat. A zine publication with more than 92 pages will need to be bound with the perfect binding process.
This process glues the pages and cover together at the spine and gives a sleek and professional look to thicker zine projects. Once your order has been placed, we will provide you with a proof. Select either a hardcopy or a PDF proof which gives you one last opportunity to confirm that the placement, resolution, text, color, etc. Once we receive your order and proof approval, in as little as business days your zines will arrive!
While you are waiting for your printed zines to show up, think about how you will distribute them. Share them with friends and family or explore the whole network of Zine Fests out there from Chicago to Houston and Los Angeles to New York, put on by independent creators and publishers to trade and celebrate zines.
If you can attend one you will really get an idea of the popularity of zines and the diversity of styles and content as well as get some feedback on your creation. Your first attempt at zine publishing might involve a learning curve, but the results will surprise you. Each time you will be inspired to create yet another. You have now joined the family of zinesters worldwide! Latest Stories. Amanda Schauer. Menu Printing "Get Started". Getting Started with Portfolio Printi Cookbook Printing "Getting Started".
Jazmin Mendez. Other zines are one issue and stand great alone. Zine making is an extremely rewarding process and can allow a wide range of artistic expression to be displayed.
Zines are much simpler than other forums of publication and much cheaper. I hope you enjoyed this instructable. Please post your own zines you have made on any range of topics.
If this instructable inspired you, please post your own zines, hopefully we can get an instructables zine culture to flourish! So is the best way to make the master of a two-sided zine on separate pieces of paper or on both sides of the master? Loved this! Thank you so much. I wish there was a Zine culture in South Florida I will start working on mine now and begin my quest to seek out fellow weirdos.
Only one 'constructive' criticism. Can barely hear the verbal commentary. This takes me back to many pleasant memories. In the 's I published a page monthly Magic periodical using electric mimeograph machine with silk screen. Copies were sharp as offset printing. Great fun. Reply 11 years ago on Introduction. I didn't make the documentary, i know the audio is a little off but its the only video of it's kind.
Arrgh, I was gonna make an 'ible just like this! Guess I got beat to the punch. This is a really cool instructable, I been doing zines on and off for years. Your tips and suggestions are really well put together.
I wish I could have had this when I was just starting out. I have been doing a perzine called The Shepherd's crook" for about a year. It's an homage to my last name, Shepherd. I have also done a few one-offs, one of which was ironically about zines :.
I'm working on it. Thanks so much for the health! Im looking to be a young Author and im now writing a zine. I'll post it when im done! Zines are great, I've picked up some good ones over the years I really like cookbook zines.
Great instructable! Introduction: Guide to Zine Making. By frenzy Blog Follow. More by the author:. Zines are self published materials with short print runs. Zines can be about anything from your favorite band to what you did on your summer vacation. The world of Zine making is a largely underground.
Zines are a perfect way to express ideas or feelings that are not fit for the main stream due to their personal content or unpopular ideas. She writes and uses a combination of collage and drawings to document her feelings about leaving her home and moving to a new city, learning about her Mexican heritage, her love of music, and even dyeing her hair. Step 1 : Fold your sheet of paper in half. Fold it again into quarters, and then one more time so that it is folded into eighths.
Step 2 : Open your paper so that it is folded in half. Cut halfway across the middle from the fold. When you open your paper it should have a slit in the middle. Step 3 : Fold your paper lengthwise along the crease that has the slit. Hold the paper at either end, then push the ends in toward each other.
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