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Pyramids Press and Gold'n Lily Press are teaming up to present The Science of Deduction, an anthology of gen stories based on Sherlock, BBC’s modern day re-imagining of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic tales. Our central theme is the strong bonds of friendship and family between the Sherlock characters, especially John and Sherlock.

The Science of Deduction features 13 stories (230 pages) from some of the fandom's finest authors. The zine is professionally printed, perfect-bound (trade paperback), 6" x 9", with beautiful full-color cover art by myfieldnotes. Though we worked to get the look of the zine as close as possible to something you'd buy at a bookstore, it is a nonprofit, labor of love produced by fans, for fans. Like all Pyramids Press and Gold'n Lily Press zines, the stories are new (have not been previously published or appeared on the ‘net), gen (no slash or ship), and there are no deathfics. Ratings are G-R.



The Science of Deduction
The Kindest Word by Gillian Taylor and wendymr
Betwixt and Between by Ivy Tyson
Child’s Play by bendingsignpost
Green Grow the Rushes, O by A.J.Hall
Specific Performance by Rae666
Pawns to Checkmate by brate7
Shadow of the Falls by Jennifer Rickard [starjenni]
Nine Hours by Messageredacted
Gate Control Theory by dakfinv
The Midnight Oil by Yum@ [mrwubbles]
The Solitary Motorcyclist by AND
Nursery Rules by myfieldnotes
When the Light Shines Through by brate7

Teaser from "Gate Control Theory"
Teaser from "The Kindest Word"
The cost of the zine is $20. The Science of Deduction may be pre-ordered for pick-up at MediaWest*Con by emailing Yum@ at pyramidspress[at]gmail[dot]com. Please place MediaWest pre-orders by midnight EDT, May 23.

If you’re not attending MediaWest, you may order a copy at the Pyramids Press website to be mailed to you. Shipping charges vary based on your location and method of shipping.

If you have any questions, please email Yum@ at pyramidspress[at]gmail[dot]com

Blood Brothers 3: From long-time publisher Gold'n Lily Press. 328 pages, comb binding. Available in the dealers' room for $25. Stories by Amy Blair, Brate, PA Davis, Gaelicspirit, Geminigrl11, Jeanne Gold, Beth Honeycutt, IMTheresa, JJJunky, KAM, Kamelion, K Hanna Korossy, Nebula, Phx, JD Sampson, Scullspeare, Swellison, Geoffry Woods, and Yum@. Contact teajunkie[at]comcast[dot]net to discuss mail orders. NB: Blood Brothers has consistently excellent quality; my favorite zine (after Brotherhood, of course).

The Brotherhood 8: 440 pages (with slim margins), perfect-bound with wraparound full color cover art. Available by roomsale for $35; also available by mail order. Stories by Dodger Winslow, Gekizetsu, Sodakey, Kimonkey7, Scullspeare, Geminigrl11, Gaelicspirit, K Hanna Korossy, Geoffry Woods, Maygin, Gert, and Jeanne R Gold.

Hunting Trips 4: From Neon Rainbow Press. Unknown size and cost, but last year’s volume was slim. Should be at the NRP table in the dealers' room. See their website for updates.

Long Shot: By drumgoddess, published by Griffinsong Press. No pricing or page count information available yet. Available at the Ashton Press table in the dealers’ room.

Route 666 2: From Ashton Press. 177 pages (approximate), comb binding, color covers and color inserts, artwork by Montana, Wilma, and Leah Rosenthal. Available in the dealers’ room for $30. Stories by Yum@, Geminigrl11, Brate, K Hanna Korossy, Clarity159, and Dawn N.

Also available at MediaWest, though it premiered earlier this year at Revelcon, is Rooftop Confessions 4 from Griffinsong Press, $25 at Ashton Press’s table in the dealers’ room. 206 pages, with 13 stories by Judy Dugas, K Hanna Korossy, Mary, Swellison, Gaelicspirit, JJJunky, Brate, EveSong, candygramme, and J.M. Griffin. Contact aeriejm[at]earthlink[dot]net with questions.

As I mentioned in my desert isle fics list, I'm new to OldSchool!Who fanfiction, but what I've read I'm really enjoying. I love print zines and finishing up work on The Brotherhood 7 (which features a Ten, Donna, and Jack story by wendymr crafted from the purest awesome) has made me long for more print fic.

MediaWest, only a few weeks away, is my best shot at scoring Classic Who fanzines, but like a lot of things in DW fandom, it's difficult to know where to start. There's a huge number of zines that were in print, but many of those were letter/info zines or a mix of fiction and essays, and of course, fanworks vary widely in quality.

I'd really value recommendations. My peculiarities are:
* I would probably enjoy the commentary zines, but I'd prefer to start with zines that are at least half fic.
* I'm more about the characters than the awesome aliens/timey-wimey stuff.
* I lean toward the hurt/comfort side of the force.
* Gen, please.

Making recs brings fannish karma. Scientific fact.

For your shopping pleasure, a list of gen zines premiering at MediaWest, some of which are also available for online ordering:

Blood Brothers 2: From long-time publisher Gold'n Lily Press. 296 pages!!! Available at the Ashton Press table in the dealers' room for $25. Stories by Black_wingedbird, Brate, Marcia Brin, Gaelicspirit, Geminigrl11, Jeanne R Gold, JJJunky, K Hanna Korossy, Kamelion, Lorraine Mumaw, Phx, Carole Seegraves, Tyranusfan, and Yum@. Contact teajunkie[at]comcast[dot]net to discuss mail orders. BTW, Blood Brothers 1 was excellent, and I wouldn't part with my copy.

The Brotherhood 4: 283 pages, perfect bound with wrap-around cover art by Cathy. Stories by K. Hanna Korossy, JJJunky, Faye Dartmouth, Brate, Phx, Geminigirl11, Kyriebess, Gaelicspirit, Swanseajill, and Maygin. $25 via roomsale (check con fliers for details), or mailorder.

The Brotherhood 6: 296 pages, perfect bound with wrap-around cover art by Cathy. Stories by Sbgrrl, happycabbage75, Jeanne R. Gold, Yum@, Gert, Tyranusfan, Kohadril, JennK528, Brate, and Blackwinged_bird. $25 via roomsale (check con fliers for details), or mailorder.

Hunting Trips 3: From Neon Rainbow Press. Unknown size and cost, but should be at the NRP table in the dealers' room. NRP should be back taking mail orders after they get home from MediaWest; see their website for updates.

Rooftop Confessions 3: From GriffinSong Press, 224 pages, with cover art by JKay. Stories from Judy Dugas, K Hanna Korossy, Yum@, Swellison, Gaelicspirit, JJJunky, kimonkey7, JoAnne, EveSong, and J.M. Griffin. Available at the Ashton Press table in the dealers' room for $28. May be mail ordered. Back issues of this zine are still available from GriffinSong. Contact aeriejm[at]earthlink[dot]net with questions.

My good friend Yum@ of Pyramids Press is announcing a new gen multimedia print zine, The Brotherhood 5, to premier in two weeks at MediaWest*Con 28.

The Brotherhood 5 is a gen anthology zine packed with new stories in our favorite fandoms: Supernatural (2), Torchwood (2), Stargate Atlantis (2), NCIS (2), Stargate SG-1 (3, including a Mag7 crossover), Magnificent 7 (1 ATF universe, 1 SG-1 crossover), The Sentinel (2), Lord of the Rings (1), Starsky and Hutch (1), Quantum Leap (1), and Young Riders (1). The stories focus on the friendships and strong bonds between our favorite characters. The Brotherhood 5 is 400 pages, professionally printed, perfect-bound, 6" x 9", with beautiful full-color, wrap-around cover art by Cathy. Though Pyramids Press works to get the look of zine as close as possible to something you'd buy at a bookstore, it is a nonprofit, labor of love produced by fans, for fans. Like all Pyramids Press zines, the stories are new (have not been previously published or appeared on the ‘net), gen (no slash), and there are no deathfics. Ratings are G-R.



Story excerpts are available here.

The Brotherhood 5 may be pre-ordered for convention pick-up here; see convention flyers for roomsale location. If you’re not attending MediaWest, you may order a copy of this zine to be delivered to you via USPS at the Pyramids Press order page. The base cost is $27 per zine. US shipping is $4.80 per zine. Shipping to Canada or Mexico is $10 per zine. Shipping to Europe/Australia/the Pegasus galaxy is $12 per zine. All amounts are in US dollars, and reflect the USPS rate increases going into effect on May 12. Orders for USPS delivery will be shipped June 15. Please place online orders by June 1. The Brotherhood 5 is a limited-run print; Pyramids Press has no plans to reprint this zine, so order early to secure a copy.

If you have any questions, you may write to Yum@ at pyramidspress [at] gmail [dot] com. If you have any trouble, please comment or email.

GLEE! brate7 has updated The Stade with new stories by herself and K Hanna Korossy. The update includes all of the stories just released from last year's Supernatural and multi-media print zines, plus an additional new netfic from K Hanna. Unless you were a very big spender at last year's MediaWest*Con, they should mostly be new to you. Enjoy!

From Brate:
No Rest for the Weary, (originally published in The Brotherhood 1)
Underground, Mag7 OSIR AU xover (originally published in Things That Go Bump in the Night 1)
The Flip Side Part 1, (originally published in Hunting Trips 1)
The Flip Side Part 2, (originally published in Hunting Trips 1)
The Flip Side Part 3, (originally published in Hunting Trips 1)
Between a Frog and a Hard Place, (originally published in Road Trip With My Brother 1)

From K Hanna Korossy:
Marker,(originally published in Things That Go Bump in the Night 1)
The Mourning After, (originally published in Hunting Trips 1)
Subtext, (originally published in Road Trip With My Brother 1)
They Just Stop Looking, (originally published in The Brotherhood 1)
The Life After, (originally published in Chinook 4)
Hunting Seasons, (originally published in Hunting Trips 1)
In the Blood, (originally published in Road Trip With My Brother 1)
Resouled, (originally published in Hunting Trips 1)
Unguarded, (originally published in Hunting Trips 1)
Digging, (originally published in Road Trip With My Brother 1)
The Not Knowing, (tag for Dead in the Water)

My good friend Yum@ of Pyramids Press is announcing a new Supernatural print zine, The Brotherhood 2, to premier this week at MediaWest*Con 27.

The Brotherhood 2 is an all-Supernatural follow-up to last year's sell-out multimedia anthology, The Brotherhood 1. The zine is 420 pages, professionally printed, perfect-bound, 6" x 9", with beautiful full-color, wrap-around cover art by Cathy. Though Pyramids Press works to get the look of zine as close as possible to something you'd buy at a bookstore, it is a nonprofit, labor of love produced by fans, for fans. Like all Pyramids Press zines, the stories are new (not netfic), gen, and have a strong friendship/family focus. Ratings are G-R. As always, there are no deathfics.



Authors include new folks from Supernatural's LJ- and FF.net-based fandom as well as old Pyramids Press favorites, such as Kellifer, JennK528, Gaelicspirit, Happycabbage75, Kyriebess, Geminigrl11, Swanseajill, Blackwinged_bird, Tyranusfan, Kohadril, JJJunky, Brate, Jeanne Gold, Cathy, K. Hanna Korossy, Kaliope, and Yum@. Story excerpts are available here.

The Brotherhood 2 will be available for pick up at MediaWest*Con 27 (see con flyers for roomsale location). Unfortunately, there are no pre-orders for the con (it's just too complicated for Yum@ to do this year; thanks for your understanding). If you're not going to be at MediaWest, you can order a copy online to be shipped to you. The online order form is here. Cost is $32 US, $36 Canadian, $40 Europe/Australia. Orders will taken until June 15, and will ship June 25.

If you have any questions, you may write to Yum@ at sales [at] pyramidspress [dot] com. With MediaWest happening this week, please understand if her response time is a little slower than usual. If you have any trouble, let me know with a comment at my LJ or email me at penfoldx [at] gmail [dot] com, but bear in mind that I'll also be at MediaWest until next Tuesday.

Via fanficrants, the topic of fanfiction and copyright law is back on the metafandom radar.

A rather strongly worded rant claims:

YOU DO NOT MAKE MONEY OFF OF FANFIC.

EVER.

Do you realize the trouble you could bring down on the fanfic 'industry', such as it is, if you did? No, of course you don't, 'cause you're special and copyright laws apparently don't apply to you, or something.

If fanfiction is copyright infringement (that is, if it is a derivative work), it is copyright infringement regardless of whether money is made or not.

If fanfiction is infringement, one can attempt to make the defense of 'fair use', however, whether or not money is made is not determinative of whether a use is fair use. The test judges use to consider the defense of fair use has four elements:

(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;
(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

Whether you make money is only one element of the four considered by a court in determining whether a use is fair use; it doesn't determine whether a use is fair or not. A use that makes no money but destroys the market for derivative works produced by the copyright holder is a lot more damaging (and likely to cause a successful lawsuit) than a use that makes some money but has no effect on the copyright holder's market for selling derivative works. A fair use defense is typically difficult to make (the courts apply test rather stringently), so if fanfiction does infringe on copyright, both zines and netfic are likely to fail the fair use test.

Of course, whether a copyright holder wants to go through a trial (with the expense and attendant negative publicity) is entirely another matter.

Selling fanfiction (ie, zines) is not some unique indicator that the work violates copyright, nor does offering your work for free provide a guaranteed 'out' (see this page for some basic information about common copyright myths, including the myth that if you don't make money, it's not infringement).

Also, "making money" does not necessarily "draw attention" to fanfiction. One might make the very strong argument that netfic is much more risky to the fanfiction world because it is so easily discoverable. All the copyright holder has to do is put the name of one of his/her characters into Google and s/he is bombarded with fanfiction. In most cases, zines are no more prominent than netfic, and there are many fewer zines than netfic websites at this point.

I think the poster might be conflating American copyright law with the common fannish custom that a zine maker would not build a profit margin into her publication, since doing so would be profiting off of the fans (her fellow community members, more friends than customers), something which used to be considered gauche.

Foundations 7, SG-1 (Pyramids Press)
The Brotherhood, Multi [NCIS, Supernatural, LOTR, TS, QL, Firefly, Numb3rs] (Pyramids Press)
Above All Shadows 2, LOTR (Cathy Schlein & Sheila Paulson)
Magic and Mystery 3, Ghostbusters (AudreyLynne)

What's not on my list that I should be considering? I'm tempted to pick up Hunting Trips 1 (Supernatural) from Neon RainBow Press.