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Shane wrote (responding to Julia):

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That wasn't the case with the zines I was involved with; in fact it was impossible *not* to make a profit, which was a bit of a problem because fanzines by their nature have to be non-profit making, or else you are infringing copyright.

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I'd genuinely be interested to know how. Your sales must have been very large compared with the sales of B7 zines.

I don't know. What is the average sales of a B7 zine? One of the plus factors may have been though the fact that DW fandom is bigger then B7.

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I'm sure that is your experience, but Ashton Press have their fingers

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many fandoms, not just B7.

If Annie and Leah are that money-grubbing, why the hell are they

bothering

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to produce B7 fanzines at all, one wonders?

Good question. Certainly they are interested in protecting their particular market, but I feel that there maybe another reason for their continued involvement in B7 fandom, one that perhaps stretches a long way back. Any ideas?

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Unfortunately, you also compromise yourself. Another problem which I've experienced in my involvement with zine producing, and I'm sure you have also, is that most fanfic is very badly written :-). Not good when dealing with a controversial subject

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sexual politics.

Hmm. I can honestly say that has not been my experience. Mebbe I was just lucky, but I got submitted some real gems.

Maybe you know a group of really good and reliable writers.

Or mebbe I just have low

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standards.

That doesn't ring true to me:-)

Shane

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