news from sheer spite press
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on doing a giant mess of stuff as opposed to one streamlined thing
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So Sheer Spite does kind of a whole bunch of stuff. Here’s a list of types of things Sheer Spite sells: Print and digital zines that I (Lee, the sole person running this operation) wrote and published Print and digital zines that other people wrote, and that Sheer Spite edits, designs, publishes, and distributes Print…
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on sliding scale zine pricing, and the economics of running a tiny press
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Pricing creative work is notoriously difficult. I find it especially so for zines. In running Sheer Spite, two things that are important to me are supporting people in making some money from their creative work, and making beautiful and important work accessible. There is, to some extent, a tension between those, and sliding scale pricing…
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sheer spite’s fall/winter 2025 releases!
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I am exceptionally proud to announce a great lineup of new work for sheer spite’s fall/winter season! The U.S. store will be here soon– I know I’ve been saying that for a while, but zines are at the warehouse, and I just need our shipping partner to launch the store. I hope to be able…
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Five things zine fairs do that I love
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Hello! I’ve been thinking about zine fairs (and book fairs, small press fairs, and other places where people stand behind a table and sell you little booklets). I’ve tabled at, I think, about 10 events this year, with a couple more coming up before the year is through. Tabling at zine fairs brings in a…
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hot hot zine summer ’25, what’s new?
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Hot summer, amazing art, lots of travel, global atrocities, the constant struggle to stay oriented towards justice and beauty and care, zines? Let’s go: The Writings of Shahd Alnaami, Gaza 2024 Israel continue to commit genocide in Palestine. One thing I appreciate about having been raised Quaker is growing up with a belief that when…
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what I learned from my zine tour
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I spent most of the spring in Europe doing a ~*~ zine business tour ~*~, which is kind of a wild thing to be able to do! I sold about a thousand zines, made amazing pals, ate great food, saw fascinating things, and saw so much wonderful artistic work. And, I am so happy to…