Revenge of Print: Retired Zinesters Return to Ink on Paper
Fed up with all the end-of-paper-publishing rhetoric, workers from Atomic Books and Quimby's Bookstore declared the Revenge of Print 2011 (RoP). The Facebook page (I know, I know) has 473 posts as of August 2, 2011, so clearly the movement has attracted p...
The Magazine Rack: Farewell & a Look Back
Exciting new magazines are still being launched, but at a slower pace than in previous years. LJ's magazines columnist Bill Katz noted in "Magazine Madness: The Best Magazines of 1986 & 1987" (LJ 4/1/88) that about 600 new magazines were being published e...
The Magazine Rack: New Reviews, September 2011
This month brings reviews of two new magazines from Great Britain and one from Canada, along with a Western-themed literary magazine and a new offering from McSweeney's.
Delayed Gratification. 2010. q. £55. ISSN 2046-1933. Aud: GA (Subject: Cur...
Disability Zines Educate, Agitate & Enable Change
Zines can illuminate aspects of living with particular impairments and conditions and represent diverse experiences of disability and chronic illness. Disability zines, which often combine instruction (basic information about a condition) and personal nar...
The Magazine Rack: New Reviews, August 2011
Reviews of five new periodicals: a sports magazine, two literary journals, a news site, and one scholarly journal.
Red Bulletin. 2011. m. $29.95. Aud: GA (Subject: Sports. Issue examined: Jun. 2011) Red Bulletin is a glossy popular magazine fro...
The Magazine Rack: Commercial Publishers’ Forays into Open Access
Conflict between rising subscription rates and academic libraries' limited budgets has generated lively discussion since the early 1980s. The emergence of the Internet as a medium capable of easily providing journal content for free has changed the dynami...
The Magazine Rack: New Reviews, May 2011
If the number of new magazines being published is any indication, the U.S. economy is improving. Last year was a lean one for new launches (see my Best Magazines 2010 feature for more), but now things are picking up. This month brings five new magazines...
LJ Best Magazines 2010
Consumer magazines continue to display remarkable resilience despite difficult economic times and competition from other media. According to MediaFinder.com, there were 193 new magazines launched in 2010 while 176 ceased publication. The drop in cease...
The Magazine Rack: New Reviews, April 2011
The new magazines reviewed this month range from a cooking how-to for parents and kids to a repository of primary source materials on the Tea Party movement.
ChopChop. 2010. q. $14.95. Aud: GA (Subject: Children—Nutrition. Issue examined: Issu...
Transgender & Genderqueer Zines
Zines resist standard definition. Ask ten zinesters or zine librarians to tell you what a zine is, and you'll get at least ten different answers. Zine publishers, too, resist being defined. They challenge mainstream ideas about race, culture, class, sexua...