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'''Binding''' is the method in which the pages of a print [[fanzine]] are fastened together. Small [[digest-sized]] zines or booklets can be centered stapled. Zines over 50 pages will require either spiral or comb binding. Early fanzines  in the 1970s were secured with screw posts or brass brad fasteners. Perfect binding, a commercial [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookbinding#Thermally_activated_binding bookbinding] technique, was expensive and even today is not the commonly used method of binding fanzines.

'''Binding''' is the method in which the pages of a print [[fanzine]] are fastened together. Small [[digest-sized]] zines or booklets can be centered stapled. Zines over 50 pages will require either spiral or comb binding. Early fanzines  in the 1970s were secured with screw posts or brass brad fasteners. In the 1990's, the era of fanzine standarization, the majority of media fanzines were comb bound, as fanzine editors could buy a comb binding machine and use it to bind entire series of fanzines. Perfect binding, a commercial [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookbinding#Thermally_activated_binding bookbinding] technique, was initially very  expensive and even today is not the commonly used method of binding fanzines.

==Stapeled==

==Stapeled==

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==Perfect Bound==

==Perfect Bound==

Very few fanzine publishers could afford the cost of paperback style perfect binding. There was also the concern that the more professional a zine looked, the greater the risk of running afoul of copyright interests. Amateur press should, according to some copyright holders, look amateurish. Still, even in the 1980s, a few fanzines were released in the perfect bound format and the recent introduction of digital self-publication services has made the method more affordable.  

Very few fanzine publishers could afford the cost of paperback style perfect binding. There was also the concern that the more professional a zine looked, the greater the risk of running afoul of copyright interests. Amateur press should, according to some copyright holders, look amateurish. Still, even in the 1980s, a few fanzines were released in the perfect bound format and the recent introduction of digital self-publication services has made the method more affordable and common.  

==Resources==

==Resources==