1. Self-Publication with Punk Rock Ideals: Zines ≠ Vanity Press Publications SCSU Women's Studies Conference October 18, 2008 Jenna Freedman, Barnard College

2. outline Different types of publications: vanity press, self-publications, zines Punk rock ideals in zine publishing, contrasted with motivations for other self- publishing endeavors Libraries' role in collecting and preserving these and other alternative press materials

3. mental traps Everyone wants to be a star Everyone's in it for the money If it isn't a hit, it's a miss The only success is mass success "Direct to video" = bad "Self-published" = bad "Independent" = "They couldn't get a deal" Amateur = amateurish Low-selling = low quality If it were good, it would be popular Chris Anderson, The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less instead of More (New York: Hyperion, 2006), 167.

4. comparison Vanity pressSelf-publicationsZines ScornedToleratedInvisible Owned by publisherOwned by authorOwned by author, if ownership is claimed at all Publisher does most of the work Publisher does much of the work Author does nearly all of the work Author has minimal control over design or anything other than content Author has more control Author has total control Publishing costs shouldered or shared by author Author solely responsible for publishing costs

5. Bikini Kill, "Riot Grrrl Is…" Girl Power, no. 2. No date: unpaginated.

6. Cindy Ovenrack, "Secrets," Doris no. 17, "Reprints." Winter 2000: unpaginated.

7. April Hornbuckle, "[Intro]," Cartography for Beginners, no. 5. Summer, 2005: unpaginated.

8. scope of barnard zine collection http://www.barnard.edu/library/zines/#collection

9. library bill of rights www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/statementspols/statementsif/librarybillrights.cfm

10. library zine collections http://www.barnard.edu/library/zines/links.htm#libraries

11. links and contact This slideshow and paper http://jenna.openflows.com/talks/scsuwomen/2008 http://jenna.openflows.com/talks/scsuwomen/2008 Barnard Zine Collection http://barnard.edu/library/zines zines@barnard.edu http://barnard.edu/library/zines zines@barnard.edu Zine libraries list http://www.barnard.edu/library/zines/links.htm#li braries http://www.barnard.edu/library/zines/links.htm#li braries IM (AOL, Google, Yahoo): BarnardLibJenna