Zines!

This is the first comprehensive guidebook to the Zine Movement of

self-publishing which started anew in the early 1990s, and continues

with Internet blogs and publications like Found. Used in college

classes, this how-to volume covers all aspects of self-publishing,

including layout and design, promotion, marketing and distribution.

Historical background covers everything from Benjamin Franklin's Poor

Richard's Almanack to the science-fiction mimeographed zines of the 20s.

Zines are independent, not-for-profit publications that counter the

corporate monoculture of mainstream media, and are thus instrumental in

keeping the torch of liberty and freethinking burning. Some very funny

stories and illustrations punctuate this alternative-culture document

from the underground.