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Clamor Magazine - Stop the Presses

Alan Lastufka — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:49:22 -0500

Clamor announced yesterday that it will be closing up shop. =(

http://nyc.indymedia.org/or/2006/11/80090.html

LiP and HeartattaCk closed recently as well (for a while I thought it was only hitting publications that randomly capitalized letters). It seems to be happening more and more to print publications. It's a sad trend.

Farewell Clamor.

An Interview with Cindy Ovenrack Crabb

Alan Lastufka — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:00:10 -0400

Punk Planet and ZineWiki present an interview with Doris’ Cindy Ovenrack Crabb, by Debbie Rasmussen (Bitch Magazine). Cindy and Debbie discuss Crabb’s introduction to zines, the formation of Doris and Support, Crabb’s upcoming novel and much more.

Crabb began writing Doris zine over 15 years ago, and has more recently contributed and organized compilation zines, while getting into women’s self-health education.

A Week in the Life of an Independent Bookseller

Alan Lastufka — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 20:02:33 -0400

For all you bookstore manager's daily planner voyeurs...

A new article from the Punk Planet archives, A Week in the Life of an Independent Bookseller by Liz Mason (manager of Quimby's Bookstore), is now up for your reading pleasure on ZineWiki.com

Punk Planet & ZineWiki!

Alan Lastufka — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:36:57 -0400

From Punk Planet Magazine to ZineWiki.com comes exclusive online content from the archives of Chicago's punk zine laureate. Today, ZineWiki - the open-source encyclopedia of all things independent publishing and small press - makes available online the first of many Punk Planet articles, a roundtable discussion interview of top zine librarians entitled "Unofficial Histories: Zine and Ephemeral Print Archivists," by Anne Elizabeth Moore.