 zine making question zine making question programs hey community we re going to make zines tomorrow with women skate the world amsterdam it fits into our lesson line of doing small and or fun things with a big reach impact and we want to give the girls a voice through this zine which they can give to their family etc the girls will get magazines posters markers stickers glue disposable cams etc to decorate sheets and make photo s in the end we ll collect all the material and make it into a zine just wanted to post a question around this does anyone have tips on the further process of putting it together printing it i guess i could just go and ask around at local printshops if they want to help to print but wondering if there are companies internet printing services that are approachable to help out with printing or covering the costs best nanja nanjavanrijsse sun 10272019 1452 re zine making question by rhianon on mon 10282019 1305 hey nanja i don t know about online services that will sponsor printing but it s definitely worth talking to a local copy shop maybe they would be willing to give you a discount also if you plan to print photocopy in black and white rather than colour that will be relatively cheap like 15 the price of color and many copy shops have staplers there that you can use which is also much cheaper than paying for stapling to be done by someone else sounds like a super fun project maybe someone else has tips about printing options i would recommend that by peter whitley on wed 11132019 2159 i would recommend that you provide the sized material for each contributor s layout on the size or proportional to the final layout page size if you want your contributors to provide art and editorial at a particular size those dimensions should be clearly communicated i d even provide the actual pages in their predesigned state to help communicate this important design constraint if you receive submissions and do all of the design work yourself you won t need to worry about this as much but you will be spending a lot more time preparing your contributor s submissions the idea is basically this let s say your zine is going to be 55inches by 8inches once it s all folded up and stapled this book can be made by designing four pages on one piece of lettersized paper 85 x 11 inches two pages sidebyside on one side of the panel and two pages on the other you can create a lettersized zine by designing your spreads on tabloidsized sheets a tabloid sheet 11 x 17 inches folds in half into a lettersized sheet 85 x 11 inches i recommend that you start with a mockup of the zine you hope to make let s say you re going for a 16page pamphlet this can be accomplished by using four panels that are folded nested and stapled together use blank sheets to make your model book and write the number of that page big in the middle of each panel after you ve written the pages on everything disassemble the mockup and unfold the pages now you should see which pages back up with which pages and you can now begin laying out your content knowing which bits are meant to go where one great way to learn is to do it incorrectly a few times 1 page zines are also fun by rhianon on fri 11152019 1327 those are very important tips from pete about making a test copy and having a bit of trial and error you can also make a 12 or 16 page zine out of one piece of regular paper which is obviously super cheap in terms of printing here s a step by step guide with photos  and here s a howto printout for a slightly different version this is a great idea by applebottomskater on sat 11162019 2122 please keep us updated on how this goes for your group  