How to Make a Zine
To make a zine, choose a theme, fold a sheet or lay out pages digitally, fill them with your writing and art, then photocopy it or share it online. A zine is a small, self-published booklet made cheaply and independently — the point is creative freedom, not polish.
What is a zine?
A zine (short for “magazine” or “fanzine”) is a small-circulation, self-published booklet of original or curated content — art, writing, photography, or commentary. Zines are deliberately DIY: made cheaply, shared in small numbers, and free of the rules of commercial publishing.
Make a simple one-page zine
The classic mini-zine is made from a single sheet: fold an A4 or letter page into eighths, make one cut down the middle, and refold it into an eight-page booklet. It’s the fastest way to make a physical zine with nothing but paper and scissors.
Design and share a digital zine
For a digital zine, lay out your pages in any design tool and export to PDF. Then turn the PDF into a page-turning flipbook so people can read your zine in the browser, on any device, from a single link — while you keep the raw file for printing copies.
FAQ
Do I need special software to make a zine?+
No. Zines can be made by hand with paper and a photocopier, or digitally in any tool that exports a PDF. To share a digital zine online, a flipbook maker turns the PDF into a readable link.
How do I share my zine online?+
Export your zine as a PDF and upload it to Living Page to get a page-turning flipbook link you can post anywhere. Readers flip through it in the browser with no download.