Zine Exchange 8: July - October 2024

[ancient_mariner]

This made me chuckle.

Y'know, I really like it when someone does well, beyond their expectaions. Many of us put a lot of love, time and care into what we do with our pictures, and the forum is so much more than the contentious threads. There's always room for more success.

 

[FishyFish]

This made me chuckle. I did wonder whether it was 'internal moderator regulated kindness', but then I realised it was just sincere Toni.

I hope it does really well and that your photography is suddenly recognised and you become an overnight sensation. Failing that I wish you far more success than you expect.

Thanks Ian.

I've placed an order for twenty more zines (I only have four of the original batch left), plus some plastic sleeves to put them in. Hopefully some will sell via their website. Fingers crossed!

 

[Paul Morgan]

My zine has been accepted. I now have to send them five copies to be sold at the fair. I think that this endeavour will probably end up costing me money.

Hi FishyFish - so's mine so the zine exchange is well represented then. Seems a shame it's only five copies but I'm taking the sense of achievement I'm currently feeling!

 

[FishyFish]

Hi FishyFish - so's mine so the zine exchange is well represented then. Seems a shame it's only five copies but I'm taking the sense of achievement I'm currently feeling!

Congratulations Paul!

 

[Paul Morgan]

If you’ve got a spare moment today (being a wet Sunday) look up Bradford Zine Fair on Instagram. Looks amazing. Also ZinePalermo looks a good event too but a little further away.

 

[Paul Morgan]

Just received an order from Mixam for the second run of a zine (decided to go all out to try to sell them) - ordered 20, received 35. Seem to remember the same thing happened with my first zine order. Seems an odd (but welcome) thing to do.

Paul

 

[FishyFish]

A couple of zines I recognise.

And I've sold a copy, apparently!!!

 

[FishyFish]

Self publisher Archives - Impressions

www.impressions-gallery.com

 

[Paul Morgan]

A couple of zines I recognise.

And I've sold a copy, apparently!!! View attachment 436126

Some great looking zines there - not heard if I did but chuffed to have been on the table.

 

[FishyFish]

Some great looking zines there - not heard if I did but chuffed to have been on the table.

I'm assuming we've both made some website sales. Assuming you sent them five copies, plus a display copy, the website shows that there are three copies of your zine in stock.

Mine is showing as two in stock (one sold on the day that I know of), so I'm assuming another three have sold online. I'll only be about thirty quid in the red at this rate.

All joking aside, I'm still glad I did it.

 

[Harlequin565]

In the spirit of Douglas Adams' attitude towards deadlines...

It's a bit late, but if folks would like to take part, please PM me your forum handle, name, and address for posting. This will signify formal commitment to make & distribute your zine by the end-ish of November. Due to circumstances I can't go into, I may not be participating - I'll decide in a week, but am happy to facilitate.

Tagging those who have posted in the thread but anyone can take part...

@Penlens
@Gav.
@gjhill
@FishyFish
@Mr Perceptive
@Hadron
@ancient_mariner
@John Barry
@Paul Morgan
@Cloudforest
@yamahatdm900
@flook999
@MrDrizz
@ChrisR

 

[Penlens]

Very happy to take part again. Have PM'd details.

 

[Hadron]

I was going to have done something work related but I seem to have lost the will to live with it at the moment so I’m afraid I’m going to give it a miss. Maybe next time.

 

[Mr Perceptive]

I'm in (it's mandatory )

I also suggest that even if @Harlequin565 isn't participating that all the participants ends him a zine as a thanks for organising this.

 

[ashishtamhane]

I am in too.

 

[John Barry]

I will also be participating in this round

 

[yamahatdm900]

Count me in it wont be what I planned but got an idea.

 

[yamahatdm900]

I'm in (it's mandatory )

I also suggest that even if @Harlequin565 isn't participating that all the participants ends him a zine as a thanks for organising this.

And totally agree with this.

 

[Harlequin565]

Well I'm not taking one for free, so I guess I'm in.

Actually, that's not quite true. I just wasn't sure whether what I was planning to do was "right" in an ethical way. Then today something happened that made the decision for me. Right or not, I'm still doing it. Only you folks will see it anyways as I don't really intend to publicise it once it's done.

So yes. I'm in, but thankyou for the thought, and the PMs.

 

[ChrisR]

I have to find a way to stop procrastinating and (a) make a selection, then (b) at least get started with Publisher, before I dare commit! I've managed to do nothing between mentioning I wanted to do it, and now (that's not quite true, I did gather together candidate images, but nothing more than that).

 

[ashishtamhane]

I have to find a way to stop procrastinating and (a) make a selection, then (b) at least get started with Publisher, before I dare commit! I've managed to do nothing between mentioning I wanted to do it, and now (that's not quite true, I did gather together candidate images, but nothing more than that).

Almost the same for me, although I have processed a small set of photos for the Zine. I do need to figure out what the postage will come though as I am now based in India.

 

[Harlequin565]

Almost the same for me, although I have processed a small set of photos for the Zine. I do need to figure out what the postage will come though as I am now based in India.

If you like, you could send one parcel to me with all the zines in them, and I'll ask everyone to send me two copies (assuming all participants are amenable, but sending 2 to one person is cheaper than sending 2 to 2 people). Once I have them all, I'll send you one parcel back with all of them in it. It's an "all eggs in one basket" as far as the postal service is concerned, but a cheaper solution.

I'll just hold off on sending mine until I have yours and send both in the same envelope.

 

[ashishtamhane]

If you like, you could send one parcel to me with all the zines in them, and I'll ask everyone to send me two copies (assuming all participants are amenable, but sending 2 to one person is cheaper than sending 2 to 2 people). Once I have them all, I'll send you one parcel back with all of them in it. It's an "all eggs in one basket" as far as the postal service is concerned, but a cheaper solution.

I'll just hold off on sending mine until I have yours and send both in the same envelope.

Yes that’s a far easier option. Thanks for offering this.

 

[Cloudforest]

A bit last minute but I'm in. I really missed taking part last time and I thought the standard was excellent.

My original plan failed to come to fruition but I've come up with a new idea and shot some promising pics (at least in my head!) yesterday.

 

[FishyFish]

I'm going to step back from this one. I don't think I'll have time to pull anything together by the deadline unfortunately. I've got a couple of ideas for future swaps though.

 

[ancient_mariner]

I don't think that I can do this either. Unfortunately although there are project ideas and picture, there's too much going on right now to curate and put a zine together.

 

[ashishtamhane]

Till when are we expected to be shipping the Zines?

 

[Harlequin565]

Sorry folks. I'm mega busy at the moment. I'll collate the names and send them out asap.

7 folks have confirmed, assuming you're taking part Ashish.

Till when are we expected to be shipping the Zines?

I have no clue what the post is like from India in terms of timescales, but assuming you're happy to post 6 zines out to me, and I'll distribute them in the UK with mine. I'll get everyone to post 2 copies to me, and I'll send you a single parcel with 6 zines in it.

For those in the UK the deadline for delivery is the end of November. For you, I would say "as soon as you can" because there will be a delay while it gets to me from India, then another delay as I distribute in the UK. Your package may be a while in getting to you as I'll have to wait for everyone else to send me their copy. It might be the end of November before I can post to you.

Hope that all makes sense. Sing out if it doesn't!

 

[Mr Perceptive]

Sorry folks. I'm mega busy at the moment. I'll collate the names and send them out asap.

7 folks have confirmed, assuming you're taking part Ashish.

I have no clue what the post is like from India in terms of timescales, but assuming you're happy to post 6 zines out to me, and I'll distribute them in the UK with mine. I'll get everyone to post 2 copies to me, and I'll send you a single parcel with 6 zines in it.

For those in the UK the deadline for delivery is the end of November. For you, I would say "as soon as you can" because there will be a delay while it gets to me from India, then another delay as I distribute in the UK. Your package may be a while in getting to you as I'll have to wait for everyone else to send me their copy. It might be the end of November before I can post to you.

Hope that all makes sense. Sing out if it doesn't!

I will be close or thereabouts with End of Nov

 

[Harlequin565]

OK. PM's with addresses sent out to everyone.

@ashishtamhane - I sent you a PM too, but if you could confirm your participation so that the others know whether to post me one or two zines, that would be great.

 

[ashishtamhane]

OK. PM's with addresses sent out to everyone.

@ashishtamhane - I sent you a PM too, but if you could confirm your participation so that the others know whether to post me one or two zines, that would be great.

I am in! Rushing to process all the photos and print them out.

 

[Harlequin565]

I am in! Rushing to process all the photos and print them out.

That's great. 2 copies to me from everyone then if that's ok and I'll send out Ashish's zines with mine when they land.

 

[yamahatdm900]

Been a while since I done one so quick question. I will be using Affinty Publisher and Maxim for the printing. I know you need to send the images in cmyk format to Maxim. But should I use CMYK images when doing the layout in Publisher or will Publisher sort that out when I export the finished zine? Hope that makes sense

 

[Harlequin565]

Been a while since I done one so quick question. I will be using Affinty Publisher and Maxim for the printing. I know you need to send the images in cmyk format to Maxim. But should I use CMYK images when doing the layout in Publisher or will Publisher sort that out when I export the finished zine? Hope that makes sense

I think you can export in CMYK but David @Mr Perceptive will likely have the answer

 

[Ed Sutton]

Been a while since I done one so quick question. I will be using Affinty Publisher and Maxim for the printing. I know you need to send the images in cmyk format to Maxim. But should I use CMYK images when doing the layout in Publisher or will Publisher sort that out when I export the finished zine? Hope that makes sense

I've always used RGB jpegs while laying out in Affinity then exported in CMYK.

 

[Mr Perceptive]

Been a while since I done one so quick question. I will be using Affinty Publisher and Maxim for the printing. I know you need to send the images in cmyk format to Maxim. But should I use CMYK images when doing the layout in Publisher or will Publisher sort that out when I export the finished zine? Hope that makes sense

I think you can export in CMYK but David @Mr Perceptive will likely have the answer

I've always used RGB jpegs while laying out in Affinity then exported in CMYK.

I've always played it safe, converted images to CMYK in photoshop, then used in Affinity

I'm sure what Ed Sutton says is right though, I'd rather have teh security for an extra 10 mins of computer time.

 

[ancient_mariner]

OTOH I've always exported in sRGB and built the zine in word, then saved as a .pdf using the photo quality option for Mixam.

 

[Mr Perceptive]

OTOH I've always exported in sRGB and built the zine in word, then saved as a .pdf using the photo quality option for Mixam.

Thats fine for mono images, but I'm not sure how it would handle colour reproduction accurately.

 

[ancient_mariner]

I'm not 100% certain of accuracy, but the colours looked ok for the 'corner of France' zine, plus the tint in all my monos came through clearly.

 

[sirch]

When we first did this I got a test print from Mixam using RGB pdf and the colours were all over the place. Since then I have done as @Ed Sutton says and it has been fine.