Fanzine Fandom Fanzines are an important method of communication between fans. Some are of general interest, whereas others are of interest to fans of a particular type of sf or of a given writer's universe. Some are the 'zines of a specific club or organization. However they all have a few common traits. Fanzines are a labor of love.
Nobody makes any money doing a fanzine.
The cover price of a fanzine serves only to defray the cost of printing and postage. The contributors are paid only in copies, and for most it is easy to become a contributor. You just need to write a reasonably coherent response to the previous issue. General Interest Fanzines General interest fanzines attempt to cover the broadest possible spectrum of fandom. Some focus on fannish historical articles or literary reviews, while others are natterzines, focussing primarily on the letters of comment.