How do I distribute my zine to the world in general?
Once you have the zine world covered, take your zine around to local music and book stores and ask them if they’ll carry your zine on consignment (that is, they’ll take your zine now and pay you later if it sells). Try to get a 75/25 split (that is, you make 75 cents for every dollar they make off your zine) when dropping zines off in stores. You’ve done all the legwork and they don’t have any distribution costs. Try to leave as many copies at every store as possible. Attending zine shows is another very easy thing to do, if you’re lucky enough to live near a city that has zine shows (if you aren’t, consider organizing one — ask on the newsgroup for advice about this). Zine shows typically charge $5-$10 for a table, so you can probably pay your admission fee by selling 10 copies. Zine shows are a good place to meet other zine publishers in your area, and trade tips about local zining. You’ll do even better in this area if you can convince a friend to watch your table for part of the s
