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 (ex: [[Dragon's Teeth]] (1986), [[The Weight Collected]] (1988) and [[Thousandworlds Collected]] (1983)) and the recent introduction of digital self-publication services has made the method more affordable and common. | 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 (ex: [[Dragon's Teeth]] (1986), [[The Weight Collected]] (1988) and [[Thousandworlds Collected]] (1983)) and the recent introduction of digital self-publication services has made the method more affordable and common. |