Alright. I’ve rec’d a couple test copies of HM at one of these print-on-demand places. I’ve been working with lulu.com for awhile now and like what they do. Here is a link to buy an all-color version for $15.99 plus postage. It’s pricey and I wish I could find a place to print these cheaper, but this is as low as I could get. I am offering a black & white version for only $6, but the experiment revealed a page-alignment problem that needs to be fixed, so I’ll have that up soon.
Alright. Now I’m back. It’s nice to hold a copy of HM Magazine in my hands again. Here is a video of me flipping through both the color and b&w versions:
Why are the inside covers blank? The way this place publishes a “book” (a printer’s term for magazines, too) is a color cover wraps around the “guts” or interior pages (like a paperback book). This color one is really nice, but it’s expensive. It’s $16 (plus postage) for an all-color version, which is 52 pages (including the covers). Some of you folks will get this one and appreciate the color printing and the design of the magazine.
Most people, however, will probably go for the black & white version, because they’re closer to the price you’d normally pay for a magazine. These have a nice color cover, a spine (called “perfect bound”) with a label on it, and an extra 30+ pages of content. For this special edition I added a bunch of live concert photography and also all the major features (and album reviews) from Heaven’s Metal Fanzine issue #89. This is a nice way to combine the two publications. This one sells for only $6.
Below are the links on where you can find them at lulu.com:
52-page Color Version: $15.99
88-page B&W version: $5.99
And … here’s the DECEMBER/Christmas issue (B&W version): $5.99
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