General Zines and Hobby Chat

A conversation about creating physical zines at home, tools, tips, and tricks.
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Zonware
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Re: General Zines and Hobby Chat

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That's awesome @twopercentwilk!! Congratulations :)

First off, after our table last week I realized, bring more books than you expect to sell!

We only brought a handful of things thinking that we wouldn't sell much (It was more of a showcase con than a sales con) and we basically sold out, so bring more than you expect. Even if you just leave them in your car, you can always bring them back home.

The second thing is lots of people commented on our display, which isn't too crazy, but the CRT was something that started a lot of conversations and many told us that our "themed" display brought them over and they loved it. Ours is obviously 80's themed to Dead Halt, but depending on what you are making, bring some props and things that will catch peoples eyes.

Third, try to elevate the things on your table. If you have some books, try to get them open, or up high so there is some good elevation to the table. I will try and post some more pictures I took, but here is a general overview of what we had. Its not complicated at all! But people seemed to like it.

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QR Scancodes for Paypal / Venmo are great to have printed out on the table, and you can do the same for an email list, kickstarter page, or discord! Great way to get people to follow along :)

What kind of books are you selling, zines? What kind of theme?

Other than that just talk to the people near you, meet up with other creators and games and have fun!
Zon!
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twopercentwilk
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Re: General Zines and Hobby Chat

Post by twopercentwilk »

Thanks for all the tips! I'll have to put some extra time into display. Your CRT is so fun! I really like the suggestion of having a copy open.

I've mostly got a standard fantasy ttrpg system zine with a mix of original and public domain art into it. It's about the same size as Grum Hall (maybe a little bigger) and I would like to have a trifold adventure to go with it. Been hard at work trying to finish formatting so I can start printing this weekend! Other than that, I have some prints of the bigger art pieces in the book.

Was thinking about finding some way to hang the art prints and have a stack of copies. I only have a "half table" to mess with, so I'm thinking about keeping it more low-key. Table cloth, zines, myself, yada yada.
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