One of the most substantial problems that zine publishers face every so often is the ever-increasing price of postage. Come January, a first class stamp will cost 39 cents. Of course the Post Office finds that sort of increase unavoidable. I find it to be inconvenient (again). Therefore, the question at hand is what to do about it? I think the answer to that question is to do more zine work on the Internet and less zine work in print and through the snail mail. I mean, the Post Office isn't going to lower the price of stamps just because I don't like it. And with many Internet services being free, then I feel compelled to go where the free stuff is. Since that's the case, I plan to find a way to make money off of web comics. Can anybody help me there?
Anyway, the ever increasing price of stamps may eventually end zinedom altogether, or force zinesters to use the Internet more. Or at least that's two possibilities.
Anyway, the ever increasing price of stamps may eventually end zinedom altogether, or force zinesters to use the Internet more. Or at least that's two possibilities.
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Re: Stamp price hike
Tue, November 22, 2005 - 9:24 AMThis is why I switched to mini- and micro-comics for my 'zines, as well as things that could fit in the-kind-of-envelope-I-could-get-for-free.
There's a lot to be said for online content -- it can be served immediately, for example. It can be in full color and pretty much as many pages as you like.
The downside is that it's... just... not... paper.
You can use PDFs or (my preference) plain HTML to produce your 'zine, plus you can have all your archives available with a mouseclick.
"I plan to find a way to make money off of web comics. Can anybody help me there?"
There's always CafePress to help you there, as well as possibly selling banner ads on your site. If you have a good enough fan following, you'll sell a few things via CafePress. That's almost entirely a passive income stream, which is non-sucky.