Last week, I put out the 52nd issue of Stacker News ZineLast week, I put out the 52nd issue of Stacker News Zine

After one year of publishing zines each week, I see reason to pause here and reflect. To ask what's working, what's not? What could improve, what could change? I do not wish to drag SNZ through a defined rut, if it's original design should become rut-ish. Rather, I feel responsibility to let it expand, breathe, become something else if it's natural, expose it to light so it can refresh.

From inception, SNZ was meant to be a pleb-fashioned, physical, and fun version of what you read here each week. Within the span of a year's time, I believe SNZ has become a prized collectable, perhaps a time capsule, a niche community's ingestible. I'm committed to continue bringing it out each week with some added improvements. Such as:

proposed additionsproposed additions

within the zine

1. Profiles - A brief, conversational script between myself and a stacker I'm curious about. A short interview that reveals a scantily clad personality beneath the veil of nym.
   This will be most seamless to conduct when SN has DMs. For now, any volunteers want to connect over email? send inquiries to plebpoet@stacker.news
2. Fun things - like memes and games. You guys still submit memes on Mondays, and I hope you continue to. In addition, I'll go back into the archives to dig up the memes that made us (and why not send those to me directly if you know what I'm talking about?). Plus, other exclusives to the zine pages that distinguish it from typing on a keyboard, like puzzles and trivia. I've tried this before, just gonna give this idea more vigor.

beyond the zine

1. Annual bound books with story index - Aggregate SNZ issues in lasting quality as an enticing volume to flick through at the edge of your desk or proudly furnishing your coffee table. I've made v.1 of this idea, just wanna keep getting better.
2. Website - A home for hosting each issue, where they can be released as an epub for ereaders, made easier to read and to share. Right now, you can find links at http://plebpoet.com and read pdfs at github, but yes I know reading pdfs sucks. So we'll address that. Soon.

any thoughts?any thoughts?

Use comments below to fill me in on anything I'm missing about what SNZ could be. What's strong about it, what's weak about it? Any feedback at all, I appreciate. Thanks!

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Let me take this opportunity to let you know, you can place your order for the next two months of zines.

For April and May, you'll receive 1 zine each week if you are inside the US, or receive 4 zines each month if you are not.
This is the best way to milk SNZ for all it's worth. And maybe you want to buy the issues just to leave them in random parks or stations or offices or public restrooms in your area? That would be perfectly reasonable to me.