SelfPublication with Punk Rock Ideals Zines Vanity Press
Self-Publication with Punk Rock Ideals: Zines ≠ Vanity Press Publications SCSU Women's Studies Conference October 18, 2008 Jenna Freedman, Barnard College
outline • Different types of publications: vanity press, self-publications, zines • Punk rock ideals in zine publishing, contrasted with motivations for other selfpublishing endeavors • Libraries' role in collecting and preserving these and other alternative press materials
mental traps • • • Everyone wants to be a star Everyone's in it for the money If it isn't a hit, it's a miss The only success is mass success "Direct to video" = bad "Self-published" = bad "Independent" = "They couldn't get a deal" Amateur = amateurish Low-selling = low quality If it were good, it would be popular Chris Anderson, The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less instead of More (New York: Hyperion, 2006), 167.
comparison Vanity press Self-publications Zines Scorned Tolerated Invisible Owned by publisher Owned by author, if ownership is claimed at all Publisher does most of the work Publisher does much of Author does nearly all the work of the work Author has minimal Author has more control over design or control anything other than content Author has total control Publishing costs shouldered or shared by author Author solely responsible for publishing costs Publishing costs shouldered or shared by author
Bikini Kill, "Riot Grrrl Is…" Girl Power, no. 2. No date: unpaginated.
Cindy Ovenrack, "Secrets, " Doris no. 17, "Reprints. " Winter 2000: unpaginated.
April Hornbuckle, "[Intro], " Cartography for Beginners, no. 5. Summer, 2005: unpaginated.
scope of barnard zine collection http: //www. barnard. edu/library/zines/#collection
library bill of rights www. ala. org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/statementspols/statementsif/librarybillrights. cfm
library zine collections http: //www. barnard. edu/library/zines/links. htm#libraries
links and contact • This slideshow and paper http: //jenna. openflows. com/talks/scsuwomen/2008 • Barnard Zine Collection http: //barnard. edu/library/zines@barnard. edu • Zine libraries list http: //www. barnard. edu/library/zines/links. htm#li braries • IM (AOL, Google, Yahoo): Barnard. Lib. Jenna
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