No apologies necessary, but thank you for your words.
I know of Mysti Frank. In fact she took 3 copies of my WG zine to Mediawest for me. I don't know if she sold any. I've only sold 3 copies myself. But...no matter what people think or say of her, they cannot deny she provides a service that is needed for people who want to collect zines, or not have their zines forgotten. Without her, there would be a hole, a great loss. As for her making money off it, or a living, for those who protest why not think of it this way: She is making money off the time she spends organizing, cataloguing, traveling and selling. That should not be required to be done on a volunteer basis. So look at it as if she is, say, making an hourly wage for her time spent in making available collectible zines, and not necessarily on the zines themselves. On the other hand, I don't care if she makes money off the zines themselves. But if she spends full time making zines available to people who want them, she should be compensated. Also, people don't realize the expenses involved: travel, hotel, booth space, hiring help, etc. Ya want the service? Ya gotta pay for it! Been there. Done that.
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Date: 2010-06-22 08:05 pm (UTC)I know of Mysti Frank. In fact she took 3 copies of my WG zine to Mediawest for me. I don't know if she sold any. I've only sold 3 copies myself. But...no matter what people think or say of her, they cannot deny she provides a service that is needed for people who want to collect zines, or not have their zines forgotten. Without her, there would be a hole, a great loss. As for her making money off it, or a living, for those who protest why not think of it this way: She is making money off the time she spends organizing, cataloguing, traveling and selling. That should not be required to be done on a volunteer basis. So look at it as if she is, say, making an hourly wage for her time spent in making available collectible zines, and not necessarily on the zines themselves. On the other hand, I don't care if she makes money off the zines themselves. But if she spends full time making zines available to people who want them, she should be compensated. Also, people don't realize the expenses involved: travel, hotel, booth space, hiring help, etc. Ya want the service? Ya gotta pay for it! Been there. Done that.