Zine

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-zine (from English magazine ) is part of many serving as terms of publication forms case words . Typically, the publications are small (less than 1000) and very small (less than 100) editions, produced by amateurs and used for communication within certain groups and subcultures . On its own, zine is used as a synonym for fanzine , a magazine made by fans for fans. The preceding part mostly identifies the fandom or the respective subculture, so there are horrorzines for fans of horror literature , punkzines for fans of punk music and fagzines or queerzines for publications from the gay scene .

More examples of zine forms:

  • Apazine , a magazine published by amateurs, especially in the context of amateur journalism, derived from APA for Amateur Press Association
  • E-zine , a magazine-style internet portal
  • Newszine, a magazine with news about events, new releases, etc. for a specific scene
  • PBM-Zine , a collection of evaluations from postal games
  • Webzine , a fanzine or e-zine published on the Internet

In the very numerous SF magazines - for example in the price categories of the Hugo Awards - a distinction is made according to the type of production:

  • Fanzines are publications made by amateurs and not professional in content and presentation
  • Semiprozines are publications produced by amateurs with a professional claim, often indistinguishable from professional publications, but authors usually do not pay a fee
  • Prozines are professionally produced and distributed publications; authors are rewarded

See also

Individual evidence

  1. zine, n. In: Oxford English Dictionary Online . Oxford University Press, 2018, accessed December 3, 2018.