Subj : Re: Retro Gaming Magazines
To   : MATT MUNSON
From : Adept
Date : Fri Oct 28 2022 10:54:58

 MM> Sounds cool. One of my ideas as a teenager was to make my own zine or
 MM> magazine. Maybe with software today, I could make a magazine with little
 MM> or no problem since desktop publishing is for the masses now. 

I do think the greater issue is figuring out printing and distribution.

Well, without spending a ton of money on it; you could produce a zine or magazine with printing costs of $20 per copy, but it would be a challenge to get anyone to buy a $25 magazine when most magazines are going for less than $10.

I still have the idea of making my ANSI calendar into a paper calendar, but haven't really figured out how I'd go about getting it printed in a way I'd find acceptable that didn't also cost me a ton.

But I haven't looked into it particularly much, other than that, when people say, "make your own calendar!", they mean, "we'll print a calendar on the bottom, and you choose your pictures to put on top", which is categorically not what I need.

But, "Print a booklet that's calendar sized, and I give you the images that cover each page" should theoretically be easy enough. But it seems uncommon, therefore likely expensive.

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