Fair, balanced evaluations of zines and magazines including classics, new launches, and indie journals from Library Journal
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 More...
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, More...
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: More...
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 More...
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 More...
In my review of the newly launched Tea Party Review I argue that it should be in libraries for two reasons: because of our commitment to providing information from all points of view and because More...
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 narrative, help More...
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 More...
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 ceased More...
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. More...
New reviews of two lit mags, two publications for hard-core athletes, and a title on mobile devices. Camera Obscura: Journal of Literature and Photography. 2010. s-a. $25. ISSN 2156-5678. Aud: GA, Ac (Subject: American Literature?21st More...
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 More...
POD services are an excellent choice for small publishers and start-ups, but how will this growing trend affect libraries?
This month brings reviews of a quintet of new literary journals. Four are available for free online, and one distributes print issues via subscription. Two of these are using print-on-demand (POD) services, which significantly reduce More...
The do-it-yourself (DIY) movement has caught fire in the past few years. People are talking about self-sufficiency, living off the grid, and getting back to the pleasures of making things rather than buying prepackaged goods More...
December 2010 marks the end of print for U.S. News & World Report. A November 5 internal memo explaining the decision quickly found its way online. Editor Brian Kelly explains that the December issue will More...
The recent editorial shake-up at the Paris Review has set atwitter the creative writing community over some unusual reversals of prior editors' decisions. According to a July 16, 2010, account by Zeke Turner in the More...
This month's new magazines range from a cooking magazine for foragers and hunters to insights into life in the Ozarks to a lifestyle magazine on the Twisted South. Asian American Literary Review. 2010. s-a. $16/issue. More...
My columns and reviews are about pointing out the appeal of whole publications, so I only refer to individual articles when it helps me describe what the magazines are about. The folks at the Cool More...
The Riot Grrrl Archives at NYU opens this month, and next month writer, musician, and riot grrrl zinester Sara Marcus's book Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution comes out. More...
August brings reviews of eye candy for daring bicyclists, a delightfully offbeat publication about garages, a music magazine, an academic literary theory journal, and a lit mag.
Books can give readers a sense of wind-driven sports and the necessary equipment and training, but magazines have the edge for currency of reviews and advertisements, with a range of contacts for goods, instruction, and
Reviews of new magazines, from the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics to Lance Armstrong Foundation's Livestrong Quarterly
Reviews of new and relaunched magazines and journals: The Baffler, Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation, Jimon, Quilt Life, and Yachting Times
Head back toBookSmack!for more storiesFor a while now, probably since the riot grrrl explosion of the early 1990s, there has been a lot of talk about girls and zines. The attention is not unwarranted. Women More...
Magazine publishers weathered the difficult recession year of 2009 with admirable resilience. Although several magazines failed and many saw reductions in advertising revenue, a number of new publications have been launched as industry professionals continue More...
New Reviews for May: Aquaculture North America | Celebrity Studies | EDIS Bulletin | MyTekLife | The PointAquaculture North America.2010. bi-m. $27.95. Ed: Peter Chettleburgh. illus. adv. Aud: Ac, GA (Subject: Aquaculture. Issue examined: Vol. More...
AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom (online).2010. s-a. free. Ed: Cary Nelson. Aud: Ac (Subject: Academic Freedom. Issue examined: Vol. 1, 2010) The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) was founded in 1915 with a mission More...
Head back toBookSmack! for more storiesMy fellow zine librarians and I have recommended nearly 50 zines since this column debuted two years ago. This time around we thought we'd go a little meta and give More...
New Reviews for March: AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom|Black Camera|Broadsider |Caregiving in America| SolutionsAAUP Journal of Academic Freedom (online).2010. s-a. free. Ed: Cary Nelson. Aud: Ac (Subject: Academic Freedom. Issue examined: Vol. 1, 2010) The More...
Go back to the Academic Newswirefor more storiesLondon-based Steven Inchcoombe, Nature Publishing Group's Managing Director and President of Scientific American, has weathered a storm in the past year, having chosen to increase prices for libraries More...
New Reviews for February: AFAR|Get Married|JazzTimes |Listen | Social Psychological & Personality ScienceAFAR.2009. bi-m. $19.95. Ed: Susan West. ISSN 1947-4377. illus. adv. Aud: GA (Subject: Travel. Issues examined: Vol. 1, No. 1, premier issue; No. More...
Beyond public policy mags, other valuable sources of opinion and analyses of current public policy issues are think tanks. Dozens of think tanks in the United States publish books and policy papers and maintain blogs, More...
New Reviews for January: Aging Well | Earth | Labletter | She Pedals | TabletAging Well.2008. bi-m. free. Ed: Barbara Worthington. ISSN 1530-0101. illus. adv. Aud: GA (Subject: Aging. Issues examined: Vol. 2, No. 1, More...
Cerise Press: A Journal of Literature, Arts & Culture (online).2009. 3/yr. free. Eds: Fiona Sze-Lorrain, Sally Molini, Karen Rigby. ISSN 1946-5262. illus. Aud: GA, Ac (Subject: Arts. Issue examined: Vol. 1, Issue 1, Summer 2009) More...
New Reviews for December:East West|eVolo|Flyfish Journal|Vintage| Whitefish ReviewCerise Press: A Journal of Literature, Arts & Culture (online).2009. 3/yr. free. Eds: Fiona Sze-Lorrain, Sally Molini, Karen Rigby. ISSN 1946-5262. illus. Aud: GA, Ac (Subject: Arts. Issue More...
Head back toBookSmack!for more storiesI first learned about zines in the early 1990s through Sassy, the now-defunct magazine that has achieved cult status among thousands of women who, as teenagers, sought an alternative to the More...
Go back to the Academic Newswirefor more storiesShift in management in JunePrice increase from $39.95 to $299 in printProtest by Oberlin Group librariesWill other consumer magazines follow trend?In June, Scientific American was integrated into the More...
New Reviews for October:Guitar Aficionado|Recovering the Self| Saturday Evening Post| Smart Set | WebMDFit Parent.2009. bi-m. $12. Ed: Rose Reisman. ISSN 1916-4793. illus. adv. Aud: GA (Subject: Parenting. Issues examined: Vol. 1, No. 1, Mar./Apr.; More...
[larger image][larger image][larger image][larger image][larger image]Head back toBookSmack!for more storiesAn integral part of zine culture is letter writing, so it seems especially appropriate to devote one zine reviews column to zines sent to us in More...
New Reviews for September:Fit Parent | HerStoria | Lalitamba | University Link | Zone 4Fit Parent.2009. bi-m. $12. Ed: Rose Reisman. ISSN 1916-4793. illus. adv. Aud: GA (Subject: Parenting. Issues examined: Vol. 1, No. 1, More...
Woodworking and metalworking magazines are particularly well suited for library collections because their articles on techniques and project plans have long-term value and the specialty suppliers' ads and event announcements are of current interest. More More...
Art in Translation (online, via IngentaConnect).2009. 3/yr. $371. Ed: Iain Boyd Whyte. ISSN 1756-1310. illus. Aud: Ac (Subject: Art-History. Issue examined: Vol. 1, No. 1, 2009) Berg Publishing continues its steady stream of new scholarly More...
New Reviews for July:Farallon Review|Grist|Parenting |Where Women CreateThe Christian Science Monitor.1908. w. $89. Ed: Clayton Collins. ISSN 0882-7729. illus. adv. Aud: GA (Subject: Current Events. Issue examined: Vol. 101, No. 90, May 17, 2009) News More...
New Reviews for June: Christian Science Monitor|Gigantic|Knockout |Mutineer| NewsweekThe Christian Science Monitor.1908. w. $89. Ed: Clayton Collins. ISSN 0882-7729. illus. adv. Aud: GA (Subject: Current Events. Issue examined: Vol. 101, No. 90, May 17, 2009) More...
[larger image][larger image][larger image][larger image][larger image] Zines aren't just for large metropolitan libraries; even small and medium-sized libraries can benefit from introducing such a collection. Many libraries start zine collections as a way to attract More...
New Reviews for May:Design and Culture|Fresh Home|PainPathways |Sacred Fire| Sandra Lee Semi-HomemadeDesign and Culture.2009. 3/yr. $302. Ed: Elizabeth Guffey. ISSN 1754-7075. illus. Aud: Ac (Subject: Design-History. Issue examined: Vol. 1, No. 1, Mar. 2009) British More...
Last year was remarkable not only for the financial difficulties faced by many publishers but also for the quality of new launches in the face of tough times. Without question, the magazine market is volatile. More...
Anthropology Now.2009. 3/yr. $375. Ed: Katherine McCaffrey. ISSN 1942-8200. illus. adv. Aud: GA, Ac (Subject: Anthropology. Issue examined: Vol. 1, No. 1, Apr. 2009) "Other disciplines have a magazine for the general public. Why More...
[larger image][larger image][larger image][larger image][larger image] Librarians often mistakenly group all zines with serials, perhaps because the word zine derives from magazine (either directly or with a stop on fanzine). While many zines are what More...
New Reviews for March:Clavier Companion|Dossier|Food Network|MacTribe| TathaastuAnthropology Now.2009. 3/yr. $375. Ed: Katherine McCaffrey. ISSN 1942-8200. illus. adv. Aud: GA, Ac (Subject: Anthropology. Issue examined: Vol. 1, No. 1, Apr. 2009) "Other disciplines have a magazine More...
New Reviews for February:Culture|Debbie Bliss Knitting|Esperanza |Quiddity| StrategyAnthropology Now.2009. 3/yr. $375. Ed: Katherine McCaffrey. ISSN 1942-8200. illus. adv. Aud: GA, Ac (Subject: Anthropology. Issue examined: Vol. 1, No. 1, Apr. 2009) "Other disciplines have a More...
Restructuring follows layoffs; magazines maintain editorial identityFialkoff, Kenneyremain editors-in-chief of LJ, SLJKenneynamed editorial director of all three publicationsResponding to the economic downturn, Ron Shank, Group Publisher ofLibrary Journal, School Library Journal, andPublishers Weekly, has created More...
Literary magazines come and go like fireflies. Often published in an editor's garage or college office, they are labors of love. Editors of the most prestigious publications can only wish to break even, find a More...
New Reviews for January:Anthropology Now| Bible Study| Cancer Fighters ThriveModern Witch| Ty Pennington at HomeAnthropology Now.2009. 3/yr. $375. Ed: Katherine McCaffrey. ISSN 1942-8200. illus. adv. Aud: GA, Ac (Subject: Anthropology. Issue examined: Vol. 1, No. More...
ABZ: A Poetry Magazine.2006. a. $8. Ed: John McKernan & James Raffle. ISSN 1933-8317. Aud: GA (Subject: Poetry. Issues examined: No. 1, 2006; No. 2, 2007; No. 3, 2008) Only 56 pages per issue, simply More...
Health zines explore a wide range of medical and well-being subjects, which often include women's reproductive issues, specific diseases, and mental illness. They often present personal narratives, DIY and alternative treatments, associated social and political More...
Following the profiles of art zines, compilation zines, fanzines, personal zines, and political zines in the March 1, 2008, issue, here is a sampler of five more zine genres that displays the range of content More...
Interest in green living is becoming ever more visible, and new and established magazines take approaches that reflect the 'think globally, act locally'; philosophy. As a group, the magazines listed here can gratify the curious, More...
Mini-comics-self-published comic books that can be any size and vary greatly in terms of aesthetics, content, binding, and printing techniques-constituted only a small part of my library's zine collection holdings, at Baltimore County Public, when More...
Think of zines as a people's medium that attracts and reflects members of the communities we serve who are underrepresented in our library catalogs-young, poor, or those with ideas outside the mainstream. These sometimes messy, More...
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