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==Perfect Bound==
==Perfect Bound==
[[Image:Perfectbound 1980s.jpg|thumb|3 perfect bound zines from the 1980s]]
[[Image:Perfectbound 1980s.jpg|thumb|3 perfect bound zines from the 1980s]]
[[Image:Perfectbound 2008.jpg|thumb|perfect bound 2nd edition of [[The Long Way Home]] (2008)]]
Very few fanzine publishers could afford the cost of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookbinding#Thermally_activated_binding commercial 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookbinding#Thermally_activated_binding commercial 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.
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