ReviewZine (zine published by Medtrek)

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Zine
Title:	ReviewZine
Publisher:	Clarke & Kerr/Medtrek
Editor(s):	Susan Batho
Date(s):	1990s
Frequency:
Medium:	print, then online
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ReviewZine was an Australian reviewzine that contained news of the various club meetings and listed upcoming events. There were also book reviews for sci fi, crime, fantasy and TV shows.

It was published by Susan Batho.

It was first issued in print, then online.

It has a fiction sister zine: Medtrek.

Regarding Compensation

The zine was initially available with a SASE and a donation for stamps.

From the editor:

When I joined fandom, back in 67/68, people would never think of charging you for a zine... then economic reality set it.

With me, it was an ex-husband and family that needed the money that I would have liked to spend on my hobby (my driving force at times?), so I reluctantly started charging --- I worked it out, with the freebees that I still trade/give away, then the zine would cost whatever --- and that's what I charged. I didn't make money and had to be religious about showing it in writing for the tax office. Just in case they asked. I still live in paranoia where my taxes are concerned. But at least it's not New Zealand (and I love the country and they've done a great job of pulling themselves out of an economic decline, but at a price I wouldn't want to pay...) where you pay a GST on every part of your conventions and convention organisers have to keep meticulous records to submit to the Taxation Office at the end of the convention. At least over here if you have a letter from a charity, you still pay your sales tax on goods for a convention, but as long as you are willing to be audited by either the charity or the tax office, then it's fine. I've never kept any of the money from a convention --- it's all gone to the charity along with an accounting of where it cames from, etc --- and so no-one's every audited me.

Thank the Lord.

But back to zines. When I started putting out ReviewZine and didn't charge for it, people seemed to have a real problem about it. I guess it was the fact that they were getting something for nothing.

Actually, I'll correct that. Mainstream fans had no problem with yet another zine to trade for. Media fans wanted to know what I wanted...

Issue 36

ReviewZine 36 was published in July 1995 and contained club meeting news from Sydney (the scifi fi media half of Sydney fandom news). There was also overseas news gleaned from various sources along with 5+ pages of book reviews covering sci fi, crime, fantasy and TV shows such as Quantum Leap.

Issue 39

ReviewZine 39 was published in November 1995.

Issue 40

ReviewZine 40 was published in December 1995. It is here.

Issue 41

ReviewZine 41 was published in March 1996. It is here.

Issue 42

ReviewZine 42 was published in June 1996.

Issue 43

ReviewZine 43 was published in July 1996. It is here.

Issue 44

ReviewZine 44 was published in Sept 1996.

Issue 46

ReviewZine 46 was published in Jan. 1997

Issue 47

ReviewZine 47 was published in July 1997.