Self-Published Magazines

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So, give a poor potential customer a hand here. Today I got the idea that I might want to check out magazines and periodicals available through Lulu. My logic is that I love the idea of magazines--but I hate every actual mainstream magazine out there. Especially the women's mags. So maybe what I need are some niche self-published magazines on topics that interest me.

Only I can't even find them on Lulu. It isn't a product category or an effective search word. I know they exist. Why can't I find them?

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Anonymous said…
You're absolutely correct, no category listed as: magazines. I tried a simple word search under: periodical and came up with a ton of stuff to browse through.

Hope that helps.
12:34 PM
Anonymous said…
From Pamela:

At Lulu I used "magazines, subscription" in the advance search and got this:

Rosetta's Magazine: http://www.lulu.com/content/751982

The Slash Skinny: http://www.lulu.com/content/919511

Here are some of my other search word results on Google...

search words: “how to self publish your own magazine”
Opium Den Magazine:
Entry page: http://www.opiumden.org/
Magazine page: http://www.opiummagazine.com/
Subscription page (see bottom of page): https://shop.opiummagazine.com/

Search words: "magazines independently published"
ForeWord magazine: http://www.forewordmagazine.com/

Organic Family Magazine: http://www.organicfamilymagazine.com/

The Comstock Review: http://www.comstockreview.org/

Search words: "POD Magazines independent publishers", gave me this article, which I thought enlightening: http://www.computerarts.co.uk/in_depth/features/inside_magazine_design

Go to the paragraph where "Best of both worlds" starts and read...could be why there are so few POD magazines going through publishers; everyone is doing their own "publishing" stuff.

Just thought I would share... :)

- Pamela
4:52 PM
Anonymous said…
From pamela again... :)

iUniverse as this to say about POD magazines...

Search word "Magazine"

iUniverse: http://www.iuniverse.com/files/faqs/magazines.htm

Quote: Magazines, Catalogs, Greeting Cards & Calendars
At this time, iUniverse does not publish magazines, catalogs, greeting cards or calendars. End Quote :)

Aspen Mountain Press gave me nothing when searching with "magazine".
4:57 PM
Anonymous said…
From Pamela...ONE MORE TIME (LOL)...

While doing the above surfing, I stumbled upon a feminist site who gave up this little diddy: BUST

http://www.bust.com/index.php

Definitely not Vogue or Lady's Home Journal... (ROFLOL)... and work safe.
5:06 PM
veinglory said…
I like BUST. It's a bit full on. Why is there so little in the middle ground beween Cosmo and BUST?
9:03 PM
veinglory said…
I love how a Christain family mag and a slash mag came up side by side :)

I was rather hoping to be able to search effective within the magazine category for my favorite subjects....
9:05 PM
Christine Norris said…
Maybe not on Lulu (at least not anymore, they started there though), but here's some independent mags...

www.writerspostjournal.com
www.venusenvymag.com
5:48 PM
Anonymous said…
"Magazines" published at Lulu would generally be either saddle-stitched paperbacks (thin books with staples binding the pages) or thin paperbacks - Lulu does not have what you would see as a traditional printed magazine with very thin, glossy pages. There are several periodicals published - doing a general search on Magazine, Monthly or Quarterly would find many of these.
1:23 PM
Anonymous said…
Couponalbum.com is a good coupons site for online shoppers.....!!
1:07 AM
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