“Have you ever dreamed of launching your own magazine? Then you’ll want to hear Melanie’s experience, tips and tricks…It will save you headaches and give you a boost of confidence!”
In this workshop, Melanie will be talking you through her experience self-publish her magazine Spellbound. She’s published two issues so far, doing everything from interviewing amazing people for the features to designing everything and dealing with printers, contributors and fulfilling orders herself. For the second issue, she brought talented contributors in - editors, writers and illustrators to enrich Spellbound and finally learn to delegate some things too…
She’s not going to lie, it was hard releasing a magazine during Covid and she knows it hindered her ability to get brick and mortar stockists, but she considered the whole venture very successful with people buying and reading Spellbound all over the world. She’ll be sharing her tips, tricks and what she learnt so far. See below to discover what we’ll cover during the workshop.
What we’ll cover:
Coming up with a niche and core theme for your magazine
Determining the editorial and art direction for your magazine
Interviewing people and finding contributors
Designing, illustrating, editing…To delegate or not to delegate?
Dealing with the nitty gritty (ISSN numbers, bar codes, certifications…)
Understanding printing (papers, finishing, numbers, cost…)
Nailing the packaging and buying experience
Finding PR help to get the word out
Selling online and finding stockists
Sharing other resources to self-publish your magazine
What you’ll need: Pen and paper to take notes!
Where: This online workshop will run on Zoom on Wednesday 15th March 2023. It will last 1 hour and 30 minutes. The workshop will be recorded so you will be able to access it later on too. You will receive a private link two days after the live workshop has happened.
Good to know: You’ll be able to ask questions during the workshop, through the chat or directly via video. Mimi’s workshops are meant to be lovely, lively events where you to feel at ease and participate if you want to.
