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MamaPhiles #3 - Getting it Out

I've got most of the files and are going to lay it out. I have Trulas graphic - but no other graphic file. who had images beside vikki?

*Need Cover

*Is Corbin going to write an intro?

*How are we going to print this?

*Are we going to raise funds?

I'm going to try to get it out for the NOLA Bookfair, Nov.10, http://www.nolabookfair.com/ where colleen and i will be tabling. if possible :/ ?

By China at 10/18/2007 - 4:48pm | Doing It | login or register to post comments | previous forum topic | next forum topic

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so...how'd nola

so...how'd nola go?!

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By tenderfoot at Tue, 11/13/2007 - 5:01am | login or register to post comments

Jenna - remember to put that

Jenna - remember to update the website - put that issue 2 is now only available from microcosm - do the same thing you did with 1.

now this is going out and has the website on it, I dont' want readers to send money for 2 when I don't have any more

By China at Thu, 11/08/2007 - 9:29pm | login or register to post comments

thanks for reminding me -

thanks for reminding me - it's fixed.

good luck at the bookfair, mamas!

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By tenderfoot at Fri, 11/09/2007 - 5:19am | login or register to post comments

Marigold zines(:

Marigold zines(:

By Lone Star Ma at Sat, 11/10/2007 - 2:29pm | login or register to post comments

I'm done laying out

I'm done laying out mamaphiles! I have copies to bring to new orleans (tommorow) BUT I see a few things I want to fix in the mastercopy before I sent it so I am moving that to MONDAY - but I promise, Connie, I will deffinately send you mastercopies on monday. I might overnight them in that big envelope if it don't cost too much. Should I use your p.o. box adress you listed or a home adress? send me an email.

. . .

I can't wait til everyone sees this issue - it kind of really took it out of me last night, I just about had a nervous breakdown at kinkos...
I think its beautiful though. somehow #3 feels the most precious of all, but I dont' know if its just me...if I've gotten too close to it.
yes, there is some flaws, but its home-made love, i hope everyone likes it, we did our best, it was such a push....

this comment made by the editor of Joybringer made me smile and nod and go, ok, so I'm not crazy - maybe yall will enjoy it too:

"I often feel like I am wasting my time, squandering the best and most vital of my energy on a useless endeavor that won't have any impact on the world other than to suck me dry when I'm in the final stages of the zine. Sometimes I swear I'll never do it again."

but today feels better with my house full of marigold zines ...I can't wait til everyone has one.

(more than) enuf said!

By China at Thu, 11/08/2007 - 7:55pm | login or register to post comments

OK - we are hooked up with

OK - we are hooked up with microcosm. They are now the only distributor for issue 2 and I will get a mastercopy to them before two weeks and they are going to do the printing on #3 that they distribute for us too.

china rushing. who is a slow poke by nature. so its not a pretty site. imagine big foot lumbering through the forest holding onto ... a thimble. rushing is not my natural state. I'm afraid I will miss some details. I have to remember not to chit-chat too much. cuz...I'm ..um...rushing to get this together/out!

By China at Mon, 11/05/2007 - 3:07pm | login or register to post comments

we are officially out of

we are officially out of Mamaphiles #2 - could you put that up on the website? that you can only get them from Microcosm publishing now? I'm gonna email those guys

good thing #3 is coming, huh?!

By China at Sun, 11/04/2007 - 6:21pm | login or register to post comments

okay, will do that in the

okay, will do that in the next day or two.

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By tenderfoot at Mon, 11/05/2007 - 6:26am | login or register to post comments

anarchohippypunk (pregnant!

anarchohippypunk (pregnant! how exciting) is going to be making contributor copies and sending them out! I already sent her the list of Bios to get the adresses

She will need some money donations for the postage. Lone Star Mama, I think she can make extra copies for you too, get in touch and see.

I will send her a mastercopy on wednesday. Anyone else wants a mastercopy pm me. I can't do PDFs cuz I am very old fashioned cut and paste (using 3 different computers here and there and printing stuff out where I can) and will have a hard copy version to share, but maybe someone can make a PDF from that?

By China at Sun, 11/04/2007 - 4:31pm | login or register to post comments

i just sent anarcho the

i just sent anarcho the address list - we have everybody except for a couple.

once she gets back to me about how she wants $ sent to her i will post here and will also send out an email to all contributors about pooling funds for postage, to send out contributor copies.

woo hoo! this thing came together fast...!

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By tenderfoot at Mon, 11/05/2007 - 6:50am | login or register to post comments

UPDATE

I have all the files, all the images, the COVER! (Oh my goodness, nicole so out did herself, you will love it! Its a big house with all of us in each room, writing and stuff, represenitive of teh stories, very sweet and funnny and perfect)

lay out will be a bit involved just cuz I always have technical difficulties...buggy bad internet connection...printing out stuff from different computers...gluing it together. Its the way I know how to be, I'm sure someone else would be more techn. savy.

so I'm enjoying it - but immmersed.

to finish up. get copies for new orleans. THATS all that is on my mind, the short view.

- - -
I was thinking maybe V. could zerox the contributor copies (she offered to print new orleans copys I couldn't get it to her that fast though)

and maybe someone else could get the list of contributors and adress all the envelopes with their adress to prepare that, and send to V.

Just a thought.

I'm gonna be ducked out of this conversation for a bit, of all the next step - producing them, funds, promoting them, press releases ..ect. cuz I'm not good at that so much. I'm production.

but I figure if we could at least get everyone a copy as soon as we can then at least we have that inspiration to see what we have!

working as fast as I can,
c

By China at Wed, 10/31/2007 - 1:59pm | login or register to post comments

i can put together the list

i can put together the list of contribs and addresses...i think i have most of them anyway.

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By tenderfoot at Sun, 11/04/2007 - 1:55am | login or register to post comments

Distributing to stores

So I've never tried to get my zines into bookstores or coffee shops or anything before, but I'd be willing to try with the new Mamaphiles. Can someone who does sell their zines through these outlets give us a little overview of how you do that? For instance, do they pay you up front, or after they sell one? And do tax issues come up then? Also, how do you approach/convince them to sell in the first place??? GEMINI Mama

By Gemini at Tue, 10/30/2007 - 12:48pm | login or register to post comments

me too!

I've always been too intimidated to approach the too-cool hipster zine store in the mission (a very young/non-mommy-friendly neighborhood) but I am going to suck it up this time and see if they will carry mamaphiles #3. thanks for the inspiration, Gemini!
PS got your new zine and lovit.
Robin

By robin at Mon, 11/05/2007 - 11:37pm | login or register to post comments

the worst they can say is

the worst they can say is no, right? :)

some places make it really easy - i have seen some store websites that even put their consignment form online.

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By tenderfoot at Tue, 11/06/2007 - 2:39am | login or register to post comments

hello Gemini, well you

hello Gemini,

well you aproach the store and talk to them - say you would like to know if they would sell Mamaphiles and have a copy with you to show them - and if they are interested.

Then you find out their policy. It will probally be consignment - a percent that they pay you, 60 percent perhaps, and its up to you to check back up with them to see if they sold (usually) and they will have a form for you to fill out. OR sometimes little places do pay you up front.

anyone who already sells zines will be used to it, but you can aproach stores and coffee shops who dont', and they might be interested too! this project is very likable.

you don't have to worry about taxes. this is too little, we make no real money, like a "hobby" you could say. the store does its own tax thing, not us.

YEA - so just going and talking to the people at places you like, not everyone there is in charge of consignment or books so you might ask them, if you can talk to them about consigning this project and they will dirrect you to the person who can.

just be friendly! its fun! (sorry so long winded)
basically you just "inquire" and the more you inquire places the more oppurtunities there is, the zine world is a fun place IMO

By China at Wed, 10/31/2007 - 1:53pm | login or register to post comments

I think

a great way to save on costs would be to send each contributer a PDF file copy. at least to me, that would be fine. Then I could just print it out as needed, like for tabling. I have acrobat so if you need me to I can make the PDF file...

ultra magazine
Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art~don Miguel Ruiz

By Trula at Sun, 10/28/2007 - 6:16pm | login or register to post comments

MONDAY OCT.29 - reportback from lay-out

is final lay out deadline, to have the stuff to me - and I will start laying it out that day. I've been in contact with Hausfrau and she is sending the cover that day.

most everyones submissions are in and edited and I have them. Muffy (out of the hospital, one ovary less and declared cancer free) is still seeing if she can make it in.

its looking beautiful, inspiring, amazing :) such diverse takes on a theme. . . pretty damn cool.

this one has been quete the push. How are you tenderfoot? haven't heard from you lately?
xoxoxooxoxo to all!

By China at Thu, 10/25/2007 - 3:48pm | login or register to post comments

yeah, sorry that i haven't

yeah, sorry that i haven't been around. i feel weird about that but there's nothing i can do about it now...

China, please do send me a copy for proofreading - i promise i will drop everything to do that & get it back quick.

i love that this is (goddess willing) gonna be going down to nola with you. rock on mamas!

xoxo

ps. staley used to do bank (by which i mean Paypal) - and we will have to figure that out for regular orders - but in the meantime should we all just send you cash (those of us who can), China? to get that first print run done? checks will take too long to clear, right?

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By tenderfoot at Mon, 10/29/2007 - 3:47am | login or register to post comments

um, dont' feel weird about

um, dont' feel weird about not being around! the idea of a team is for some to be able to pick up when they can and when the need arises and to be able to not have to do everything, or always be around.

UM - REALLY? your gonna proof again? this is all rush at this point, BUT truthfully I been emailing some peeps and being like "hay you, wanna get a last minute essay in?" so Jessica Mills and Naomi (Hermana Resists) are trying to write a last minute essay right now to get in wednesday morning deadline ...so I can send what files I have to you, and you can send them back wednesday.....

LET me finish my final group text file. (Corbin send me each essay) and double check I have them all, and send to you. and then maybe you want to send back to Corbin and Corbin to me? or ....
have any thoughts on this Corbin?

Its been pretty intensively edited and worked with the mamas by Corbin so I am taking this go round is just the gramar or mispellings and little lite things that may have been missed, like "lite" but keep in mind some peoples style it might be there on purpose like one person didnt' use any caps.

ok. love to you glad to "see" you
xo
c

By China at Mon, 10/29/2007 - 2:48pm | login or register to post comments

yup, i am down w/proofing -

yup, i am down w/proofing - that's the easy part IMO :)

i just emailed you a couple of things.

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By tenderfoot at Tue, 10/30/2007 - 2:43am | login or register to post comments

I know myself well enough to

I know myself well enough to know I won't get any out from a master. I'd rather buy ten off someone who will and distribute them, if I may.

By Lone Star Ma at Sun, 10/28/2007 - 3:42am | login or register to post comments

well ...thats a good point

well ...thats a good point too. We will have to work out how to make a batch *and* distribute mastercopies too. right now my mind is on thinking the short-term as in the step of Lay Out - and getting it to new orleans.

but I'm sure we will figure it out. and that your contribution will be helpful :)

By China at Sun, 10/28/2007 - 3:51pm | login or register to post comments

do you not have my files?

Do you not have both my jpegs and my short text to go with it?

Lemme know...

(yep, i'm back)

By PhoenixRising at Mon, 10/22/2007 - 10:09am | login or register to post comments

i think this is going to be

i think this is going to be confusing, this part, without free zeroxing - this go around.

I am thinking as a short term solution - just to get a copy to each contributor, a finished copy and a master copy. (maybe we could all split the cost for that, or not perfectly equal, but you know, try to all put in a little so no one has to put in to much) AND then each contributor can get them out in their own town - you could put your own p.o. box on the mastercopy if you wanted.

And me and Colleen will swing the cost of the mamaphiles we take, and sell, to new orleans. Hell, I will swing the cost of that, personally. I think I have 20 dollars in the extra mamaphile money bank anyway.

By China at Sat, 10/20/2007 - 4:45pm | login or register to post comments

yeah, hopefully we will SELL

yeah, hopefully we will SELL several copies here.

if you need to, though, and have the energy for it, we could make some copies and put them together friday night...

supercenter
superzine

By coleen at Mon, 11/05/2007 - 12:03am | login or register to post comments

I can donate a little cash

I can donate a little cash to the printing - maybe $50.

By Lone Star Ma at Sat, 10/20/2007 - 4:37pm | login or register to post comments

Are you thinking of

Are you thinking of distributing the master in hard copy or electronic format? If the master is an electronic file that you can email or put on an FTP site or something, then it shouldn't cost anything at all (except for each of us to print up a few or a bunch). Even putting them on CDs and mailing them out should be cheaper than printing, right? We could each send in the cost of the CDs and postage.
GEMINI Mama

By Gemini at Tue, 10/23/2007 - 2:17pm | login or register to post comments

putting the zine in a PDF

putting the zine in a PDF that anyone could download would be great - I normally finish with a hard copy, when I lay out zines, so I am going to kind of see as I go what I am capable of. but something like yu suggest would be ideal.

By China at Thu, 10/25/2007 - 3:44pm | login or register to post comments