Print copies of your Zine
Printing Your Digitally-Created Zine
If you have created a zine in Word following the templates provided here, you can easily print copies of your zine. You must use a printer that can print double sided, however. You can do this as the library, the computer labs, or off campus at Staples or Fed Ex. You can also print your zine made in Google Docs, Powerpoint, Kanopy, etc.
If you made your zine in Word or Google Docs and saved as a PDF, just download the file; select File > Print; select double sided; select FLIP ON SHORT EDGE (not long)
Voila! You can even print color copies if you visit the library.
For binding your zines:
Zines and other booklets are usually "bound" or held together with a staple (for some reason, called "saddle stitched"). Others are sewn with needle and thread or string-- or even sewn on a sewing machine. Others are just not bound at all: the pages are just folded, and generally they stay together. All these choices are up to you. You can use the long-arm stapler at the Pace University Zine Library at 41 Park Row, room 1523. Just email me for access! sthomas7@pace.edu (A normal stapler doesn't work when stapling a booklet.)
Photocopying Your Paper Zine
Your print zine (made by hand on paper instead of in Word) can be photocopied and shared with others. There is a bit of a learning curve to the process at the photocopier, so if you can't figure out how to photocopy your zine and preserve the booklet format, just get in touch. In general, you need to create double-sided pages, which are then folded together. You can use the long-arm stapler, tape, or sew, but most people staple. You can also leave your zine unbound, but the pages might fall apart, and the reader won't know how to put it back together. We recommend the staple!
Self-Publish (With some Help)
Most of these resources relate to publishing a digital file. In order to publish with a company like Lulu, you'll need to make a digital copy of your print zine. We can help you with this if you email us at zinelibrary@pace.edu.
Lulu is a great choice if you want to publish many copies and want to have a lot of different choices. You can choose whatever type of cover or binding you'd like, including booklet, magazine, and what is called "perfect" binding, which is a good choice if you are trying to make a publications that looks like a paperback or hardcover book.
Newspaper Club A guide to templates in Adobe InDesign, Canva, or Word for publishing a newspaper zine.
Printer Resources for Independent Art Publishers (East Coast) This is a list of high-quality, small publishers who specialize in small artists' publications
Printing and Binding Glossary from Printed Matter, a place to learn the terms related to publishing, such as risograph, screenprint and letterpress.
Otherwise, you should consider just photocopying your zine on a photocopy machine in the Beekman Library or a Pace Computer Lab. The defining feature of zine culture, overall, is a print booklet!