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Post Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 9:25 pm 
 

I use the BCW 2mil bags and boards for magazines and quite like them.

I have a stack of 'zines, all made from standard pages, stapled in the middle, then folded, giving a final 'zine size of about 8.5" tall by 5.5" wide.  I can't seem to find bags/boards for 'em.

Does anybody make bags/boards for this size, or does everybody just use e.g. comic bags and have a bit of slop?

  

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Post Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 1:52 am 
 

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Post Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 4:02 pm 
 

You can use the Anime/Digest size bags for some zines, and other digest size rpg items


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Post Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 4:22 pm 
 

I still support Bags Unlimited and their Large magazine bags:

(sppmaglr-100) -         LARGE\Movie Magazine Sleeve - $10.45

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Post Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:19 pm 
 

I'm actually considering just opening up the zines (unfolding from the center) and then storing them flat in standard magazine bags with boards.  Doesn't seem like that would hurt them in any way and then they'd fit with all my other stuff easily.

If that's a horrible idea, tell me why  :D

  

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Post Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:52 pm 
 

For zines, I usually place them edge-first into a magazine-size bag, then wrap the bag right around the item.

I find the smaller size, and often the covers are a thicker cardstock, gives enough stiffness so that a board is unnecessary.  Plus they're stored upright on a bookshelf packed tightly enough that they're not going anywhere.

For digest-size rpg books, I usually place the in a magazine-size bag/board so the fit in with the rest of the collection.


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Post Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:59 pm 
 

ctimmins wrote in Bags for 'Zines?:I'm actually considering just opening up the zines (unfolding from the center) and then storing them flat in standard magazine bags with boards.  Doesn't seem like that would hurt them in any way and then they'd fit with all my other stuff easily.

If that's a horrible idea, tell me why  :D


That's a horrible idea. The books will be weak at the binding from sitting open forever like that. Books are supposed to be closed, so, it's very hard to show it being weak while it's closed. I just wrap the excess around the book, personally. Don't damage your books by stretching them open inside a plastic bag, please. :)

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Post Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 12:23 am 
 

Zenfinite wrote in Bags for 'Zines?:The books will be weak at the binding from sitting open forever like that. Books are supposed to be closed, so, it's very hard to show it being weak while it's closed. I just wrap the excess around the book, personally. Don't damage your books by stretching them open inside a plastic bag, please.


Well, I'm not sure you and I are talking about the same thing.  For zines, there is no "binding", really--just 2 or 3 staples.  It doesn't stretch them to open them because they're only, like, 8 or maybe 12 sheets of paper.  I'm not talking about saddle-stitched or even perfect bound anything.  Just zines made from 8.5 x 11 paper folded in half and stapled.  Do you still think that being unfolded for long periods would weaken the binding?

  

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Post Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 9:54 am 
 

In that case, it shouldn't matter too much.  The key is not to perform significant folding/unfolding or flattening to the item from its current state, as that can stress and/or weaken the paper significantly.

  

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Post Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 4:25 am 
 

It depends how old they are.  If they're years/decades old and have been folded that long, then changing that is a poor idea.  If it's something that came out last month, it won't matter that much.


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