I really hate to sound so dumb, but

[mykpart]

what is a "zine" and how do you pronounce it?

[lildreamer316]

1. Maga-zine.

Sorry-it's just a hazard of the internets B-)

[XemaSab]

2. Homemade magazine

Pronounced like the last syllable in "magazine." :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I have no idea either!

I'll stick around until somebody can tell you, and then I'll know too!

:pals:

On edit: OK, now we both know! :woohoo:

[yewberry]

4. magazine or fanzine--

essentially non-commercial and sort of DIY.

[ghostsofgiants]

5. Basically an independently produced magazine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine

[mykpart]

6. Thank you all. Now, are these done for profit?

[asthmaticeog]

7. Only by delusionals.

The point of them is to share info that mainstream rags don't care about, so there's really no money in them - if there were profit to be made from their content, mainstream rags would be covering the stuff. You'll find a lot of devoted 'zine publishers working the night shift at Kinko's so as to easily steal the copying they need but can't afford. Except for a brief explosion in popularity in the mid 1990s, 'zines are unprofitable almost by definition.

[LeftyMom]

9. Sometimes the zine and related merch makes people enough to get by on

I'd suggest that's a lot more of an exception than a rule though.

[Jamastiene]

8. Short for magazine.

Online, you just come up with some cool graphics, cool content, and go to town. I've always wanted to do a zine, but no longer have the time.