Help Ethel Publish Ethel 11

Hello, I'm Ethel (Sara) and I'm raising funds to publish Ethel Issue 11. This is a 144 page journal of art and writing from contributors from around the globe. There are 80 contributors and I'm hoping to get 150 copies printed. I will provide a breakdown of pricing below.

A brief history: I started Ethel Zine & Micro Press in 2018 at the suggestion of a friend. Ethel volume 1 was a tiny issue which contained the work of friends. Soon after I started publishing chapbooks and things took off from there. The cool thing about Ethel is that I sew every cover on my sewing machine and hand bind each book by hand.

Ok, to be honest, running a micro press by oneself is difficult in many respects, but most recently my struggles have been with selling enough copies of books to keep the press running. I don't receive any funding from anywhere except through sales of books and subscriptions and sometimes my own money--but with a recent move to a different state, I've been struggling to find a job making enough money to even support myself. Ethel 11 is especially expensive because I send out a free contributor copy to every contributor, and this issue is really long, so printing and mailing contributor copies will be challenging.

I am planning on producing smaller and more manageable issues in the future, but first I must get this monster issue out, which was supposed to come out about two years ago. I got overwhelmed with life stuff and also press stuff and fell way behind on production, I stopped keeping track of what I accepted for the issue, and while putting it together, I realized I made it a bit unmanageable financially. Here is the breakdown of costs:

Printing: 2000

Vellum for back and front covers: $150

Decorative paper for cover: $100

Thread: $25

Binding cord: $25

Envelopes for mailing: $25

Shipping of contributor copies: $375

*I added in an extra $300 for any other costs that might arise, like shipping copies out of the country or more supplies, etc.

Any amount of a donation helps and is SO appreciated. Thank you.

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