Editing Zine (section)

== Distribution and circulation ==
Zines are sold, traded or given as gifts at symposiums, publishing fairs, record and book stores and concerts, via independent media outlets, zine 'distros', mail order or through direct correspondence with the author. They are also sold online on distro websites, [[Etsy]] shops, blogs, or social networking profiles and are available for download. While zines are generally self-published, there are a few independent publishers who specialize in art zines such as Nieves Books in [[Zürich|Zurich]], founded by Benjamin Sommerhalder, and [[Café Royal Books]] founded by Craig Atkinson in 2005. In recent years a number of photocopied zines have risen to prominence or professional status and have found wide bookstore and online distribution. Notable among these are ''[[Giant Robot (magazine)|Giant Robot]]'', ''[[Dazed|Dazed & Confused]]'', ''[[Bust (magazine)|Bust]]'', ''[[Bitch (magazine)|Bitch]]'', ''[[Aaron Cometbus|Cometbus]]'', ''Doris'', ''Brainscan'', The Miscreant, and ''[[Maximum RocknRoll]]''.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}}

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There are many catalogued and online based mail-order distros for zines. The longest running distribution operation is [[Microcosm Publishing]] in [[Portland, Oregon]]. Some other longstanding operations include Great Worm Express Distribution in [[Toronto]], CornDog Publishing in [[Ipswich]] in the UK, [[Café Royal Books]] in Southport in the UK, [[AK Press]] in [[Oakland, California]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.akpress.org/|title=Welcome to AK Press|access-date=23 February 2011}}</ref> [[Missing Link Records]] in [[Melbourne]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.missinglink.net.au/|title=Missing Link Digital|access-date=23 February 2011|archive-date=30 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630042212/http://www.missinglink.net.au/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Wasted Ink Zine Distro in Phoenix, AZ.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Phoenix zine community continues to grow thanks to ASU alumna|url=https://www.statepress.com/article/2018/10/spartcult-asu-alumna-converges-voices-in-the-phoenix-zine-community|access-date=2021-03-09|website=The Arizona State Press}}</ref> [[File:Papercut_Zine_Library_CambridgeMA_2006-02_1.jpg|thumb|The Papercut Zine Library in Cambridge, Massachusetts|196x196px]]

=== Libraries and archives ===
A number of major [[Public library|public]] and [[Academic library|academic libraries]] as well as [[museum]]s carry zines and other [[small press]] publications, often with a specific focus (e.g. [[women's studies]]) or those that are relevant to a local region.

Libraries and institutions with notable zine collections include:

* [[Barnard College#Campus|Barnard College Library]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barnard Zine Library |url=https://zines.barnard.edu/ |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=zines.barnard.edu}}</ref>
* The [[University of Iowa]] Special Collections<ref>{{cite web |title=Zine and Amateur Press Collections at the University of Iowa |url=https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/resources/zineresources/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530150303/http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/resources/ZineResources.html |archive-date=30 May 2013 |access-date=7 January 2025 |website=Iowa University Libraries}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=11 April 2012 |title=Hevelin Collection |url=http://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/speccoll/2012/04/11/hevelin-collection/ |access-date=24 May 2013 |website=UI Libraries Blogs}}</ref>
* The Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture at [[Duke University]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wooten |first=Kelly |title=Zines at the Sallie Bingham Center |url=https://guides.library.duke.edu/zines/collections |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=LibGuides at Duke University |language=en}}</ref>
* The [[Tate]] Museum<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Show and Tell: Zine collection Launch |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/talk/show-and-tell-zine-collection-launch |access-date=2020-04-20 |website=Tate Britain |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* The [[British Library]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Do it yourself |url=https://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/21cc/counterculture/doityourself/doityourself.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223174626/http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/21cc/counterculture/doityourself/doityourself.html |archive-date=23 February 2020 |access-date=2020-04-20 |website=The British Library}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Cox |first=Debbie |date=2018 |title=Developing and raising awareness of the zine collections at the British Library |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/art-libraries-journal/article/abs/developing-and-raising-awareness-of-the-zine-collections-at-the-british-library/6A5EB83982144B9B7A76073959D16B74 |journal=Art Libraries Journal |language=en |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=77–81 |doi=10.1017/alj.2018.5 |issn=0307-4722}}</ref>
* [[Harvard University|Harvard University's]] [[Schlesinger Library]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Anne Marie |date=2012-06-08 |title=Finding Zines in the Archives, and Archives in the Zines |url=https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news/schlesinger-newsletter/finding-zines-in-archives-and-archives-in-zines |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523153430/https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news/schlesinger-newsletter/finding-zines-in-archives-and-archives-in-zines |archive-date=23 May 2020 |access-date=2020-04-20 |website=Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Los Angeles Public Library]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Zine Library |url=https://www.lapl.org/zines |website=Los Angeles Public Library |access-date=12 January 2022}}</ref>
* [[San Francisco Public Library]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Little Maga/Zine Collection |url=https://sfpl.org/locations/main-library/book-arts-special-collections/little-magazine-collection |website=San Francisco Public Library |access-date=12 January 2022}}</ref>
* [[Jacksonville Public Library]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Zine Collection |url=https://jaxpubliclibrary.org/services/zine-collection |website=Jacksonville Public Library |date=13 February 2019 |access-date=21 May 2022}}</ref>
* [[Interference Archive]]<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Search Results for 'zines' |url=https://interferencearchive.org/search/zines |access-date=7 August 2024 |website=Interference Archive}}</ref>
* Anchor Archive Zine Library<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://anchorarchive.org/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Anchor Archive Zine Library}}</ref>
* Toronto Zine Library<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.torontozinelibrary.org/about-2/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Toronto Zine Library |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Denver Zine Library<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://denverzinelibrary.org/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=Denver Zine Library |language=en-US}}</ref>

The Indie Photobook Library, an independent [[archive]] in the [[Washington, D.C.]], area, is a large collection of [[photo book]]s and photo zines dating from 2008 to 2016 which the [[Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library]] at [[Yale University]] acquired in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiephotobooklibrary.org/|title=Indie Photobook Library|website=Indiephotobooklibrary.org|access-date=19 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Morand |first=Michael |date=16 November 2016 |title=iPL collection adds to Beinecke's strengths in photobooks and modern trends in self-publishing |url=https://news.yale.edu/2016/11/16/ipl-collection-adds-beinecke-s-strengths-photobooks-and-modern-trends-self-publishing |access-date=23 March 2019 |website=YaleNews}}</ref> In [[California]], the [[Long Beach Public Library]] was the first public library in the state to start circulating zines for three weeks at a time in 2015. In 2017, the [[Los Angeles Public Library]] started to circulate zines publicly to its patrons as well. Both projects have been credited to librarian Ziba Zehdar, who has been an advocate in promoting public circulation of zines at libraries in California.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LAPL Zine Library |url=https://laplzinelibrary.tumblr.com/ |access-date=16 December 2017 |website=Tumblr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=21 January 2016 |title=Long Beach Public Zine Library |url=http://lbzinefest.com/long-beach-public-zine-library/ |access-date=16 December 2017 |website=Long Beach Zine Fest}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=19 May 2017 |title=Check out the zine collection at the Long Beach Public Library |url=https://www.scpr.org/programs/offramp/2017/05/19/56881/check-out-the-zine-collection-at-the-long-beach-pu/ |access-date=16 December 2017 |work=Southern California Public Radio}}</ref>

It has been suggested that the adoption of zine culture by powerful and prestigious institutions contradicts the function of zines as declarations of agency by marginalized groups.<ref name=":5" />

=== Zine fests, workshops, and clubs ===
[[File:LA_Zinefest_2017.jpg|thumb|Zebrapizza tabling at the Los Angeles Zinefest in 2017|left|178x178px]]
There has been a resurgence in the alternative publication culture beginning in the 2010s, in tandem with the influx of [[zine libraries]] and as a result of the digital age, which has sparked zine festivals across the globe. The San Francisco Zine Fest started in 2001 and features up to 200+ exhibitors, while the Los Angeles Zine Fest started in 2012 with only a handful of exhibitors, now hosting over 200 exhibitors. These are considered to be some of the biggest zine fests in the United States,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lazinefest.com/2018-exhibitors/|title=LA Zine Fest Exhibitors|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417024506/https://lazinefest.com/2018-exhibitors/|archive-date=17 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[File:Zine workshop with the SUNY New Paltz Zine Community and Design Society .png|thumb|158x158px|Zine workshop with SUNY New Paltz Zine Community and Design Society, 2017]]Other big zine fests across the globe include, San Francisco Zine Fest, Brooklyn Zine Fest, Chicago Zine Fest, Feminist Zine Fest, Amsterdam Zine Jam, and Sticky Zine Fair. At each zine fest, the zinester can be their own independent distributor and publisher simply by standing behind a table to sell or barter their work. Over time, zinesters have added posters, stickers, buttons and patches to these events. In many libraries, schools and community centers around the world, zinesters hold meetings to create, share, and pass down the art of making zines.