publishing a zine? (1 Viewer)

[rape the drummer]

just looking for some friendly advice-how would i go about getting a zine published and around how much would it cost?

 

[derek]

How many pages? Printed or photocopied? What size (A5, A4 etc)? Black and white, Colour?

 

[rape the drummer]

well its really very much a work in progress now-in fact its just really an idea floating around with me and my friends but this would be probable: black & white, A4, 20-35 pages

 

[derek]

For printing and photocopying the page number has to be a multiple of four, unless you're planning to do a loose leaf, stapled together job. The most difficult thing is to get the writing bit done. If you plan on doing a large quantity then printing is the way forward but if it's a low number (less than 500) then photocopying would probably be more realistic.

 

[rape the drummer]

and would i just go anywhere really to get em photocopied or would their be a "wonderful magical" copier place?

 

[derek]

I don't live in Dublin any more so I'm not sure what the story is for cheap photocopying. We used to use Reads on Nassau street back in the day. One advantage of the computer age is the fact that everyone (or almost) has access to a photocopîer, in their school, university or job; or at least knows someone who has. One possibility is when your zine is ready to go, do up double sided page models, give one each 'em to everyone you know who has access to "free"photocopying (like late at night when the boss's gone home) and try to get around 50 or so done up for free. Sell 'em and use the money from those sold to sort out photocopying up another bunch...

 

[pete]

"Always two there are; no more, no less. A Master and an apprentice."

 

[rape the drummer]

this may seem a stupid question but what type of paper should i print it on? just normal stuff from my computer printer, then photocopy that?

 

[derek]

The cleanest copy you can get for an original will make life much easier. Thre's not a whole lot of difference in terms of photocopy standard paper. 80 gramme paper should do the trick (not weave - it bleeds and the ink looks like shit) - it's standard in most offices. Thinner paper will get all fucked up if you do double sided copies.
There are no stupid questions, only stupid Star Wars quoting moderaters.
Am I banned Pete?

 

[pete]

Originally posted by derek
Am I banned Pete?

i'm unsubscribing you from the scene.

 

[derek]

and so it begins...

SCENE WARS!!!

You have a lot to learn young Bradywalker...

The rumours are true , I am your father...

 

[derek]

I was wondering why none of these threads ever stayed on the subject, thank fuck that not many people read this Forum...

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Reads I presume is still cheap[ish]
Watch out for machines fuckin up though.

have you considered A5?

 

[rape the drummer]

why is a5 a better choice? and to tell the truth i dont really get all this double sided print-80 gramme printing mumbo jumbo-sorry! i'd say i'll pick it up fairly handy once its ready to print tho

 

[derek]

80 grammes is the weight of the paper. The heavier the paper the thicker the paper. The thicker the paper the better quality the copy. 80gr is a standard weight/thickness for photocopiers. Just buy any standard photocopying paper. It usually comes in packs of 500 sheets.

Double sided copying means you copy on both sides of the same piece of paper, which is nice if you want to fold the paper and have readable stuff on both sides.

A4 or A5 or A3 etc. is used to describe the length and width of the paper. A4 for example is just an ordinary bog standard piece of photocopy paper. If you fold this in half (top to bottom) then you have an A5 sized piece of paper.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Originally posted by marklar
why is a5 a better choice? and to tell the truth i dont really get all this double sided print-80 gramme printing mumbo jumbo-sorry! i'd say i'll pick it up fairly handy once its ready to print tho

you'd need to fo font size 10 for A5; you use less paper, although that depends on what font size you'd use if it were A4

 

[Anthony]

A4 = 210mm x 297mm

It's the size of choice for zines. Folded to A5 of course. Anything else is pure hassle.

 

[Anthony]

Top Hint:
add the two page numbers on one sheet together and you get the total number of pages + 1

See the 8 page layout below.

 

[derek]

Yessss.....
I was waiting for someone to do that, not very DIY of me but fuck it, sometimes you just gotta sit back and watch....
I thought it was going to be Pete though; He usually can't resist that kind of thing...

 

[pete]

Originally posted by derek
Yessss.....
I was waiting for someone to do that, not very DIY of me but fuck it, sometimes you just gotta sit back and watch....
I thought it was going to be Pete though; He usually can't resist that kind of thing...

You think i know that shit?

No way dude.