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Self-Publication with Punk Rock Ideals: Zines ≠ Vanity Press Publications SHARP Conference, July 2007 Minneapolis, Minnesota 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 self-publishing endeavors Libraries role in collecting and preserving these and other alternative press materials publishing industry statistics mental traps Everyone wants to be a star Everyones in it for the money If it isnt a hit, its a miss The only success is mass success Direct to video = bad Self-published = bad Independent = They couldnt get a deal Amateur = amateurish Low-selling = low quality If it were good, it would be popular Ibid., 167. comparison scope of barnard zine collection library bill of rights library zine collections links and contact This slideshow and paper /talks/sharp/2007 Barnard Zine Collection /library/zines zines @ barnard dot edu Zine libraries list /library/zines/links.htm#libraries IM (AOL, Google, J, Yahoo): BarnardLibJenna * In 2004, 950,000 books out of the 1.2 million tracked by Nielsen BookScan sold fewer than ninety-nine copies. Another 200,000 sold fewer than 1,000 copies. Only 25,000 sold more than 5,000 copies. The average book in America sells about 500 copies. In other words, about 98% of books are noncommercial, whether they were intended that way or not. Chris Anderson, The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less instead of More (New York: Hyperion, 2006), 76. Author solely responsible for publishing costs Publishing costs shouldered or shared by author Publishing costs shouldered or shared by author Author has total control Author has more control Author has minimal control over design or anything other than content Author does nearly all of the work Publisher does much of the work Publisher does most of the work Owned by author, if ownership is claimed at all Owned by author