2. PRINTING MY FANZINE
• At first, I was unsure on how I could make my project so I could show it to
other people. I knew I needed to get it printed but I couldn't decide which
online printing website to use, I decided to email around to see what the
best deals were. I emailed Quacks and Focus4Print companies to see what
there prices were going to be. Quacks responded with a price of £40 + vat
for 5 copies. Focus4Print never responded.
• I then went online to see what online companies could do, I looked at
Mixam.com which I researched before in my problem solving. I chose Mixam
as it was the cheaper option for more copies. Overall it cost £30.50 for 8
copies including printing. It was quick difficult to correct the bleed as it
needed to be 3mm along the pages. This was quite confusing to do, but
once I got my head around it, it was easy.
7. EVENTS/ SOCIAL MEDIA/ WEBSITES
• I decided to look at fanzine events near me, there is a York fanzine event in August. This is something that
I am interesting in as I think it would be a good way to get my way out there as well as looking at other
peoples fanzines. Nearer the time I will be able to sign up, so I will see if I am free this day. I also created a
Instagram for my fanzine, I started off by following different feminist accounts and waited for them to
follow me back. I decided that I would create a logo for my fanzine as most of the feminists had their own
logos. This took a while but after I created it I was very happy with the finished product. I added some
photos from this fanzine as well as an image from my last fanzine that I created. I think most of my target
audience would be attracted to my fanzine on Instagram instead of other social media platforms. Over the
past few days, I have gained 10 followers, this may not be a lot as I think I haven't been as active as I
hoped I would be but over the next few days I would like to be more active with new images on there.
Most of the people who follow this Instagram accounts are feminist accounts as well as some people from
my class with their professional accounts. I decided to add my fanzine onto issuu.com as this was another
way on how I could attract my target audience, the setting up of issuu.com was a little bit confusing but
once I had realised what I needed to do it was much easier. I am excited to see where I can get my fanzine
about and see how popular it could be. I have also been looking at selling my fanzine online or in shops. I
looked at signing up to People Of Print where they sell millions of fanzines online. I am currently waiting
for them to get back to me. I also looked into getting my work into the Travelling Man shop in York. I am
also waiting for them to get back to me.
