4 Zine Publisher Business Success Stories [2022]

Pat Walls

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Updated: October 20th, 2022

4 Zine Publisher Business Success Stories [2022]

Start A Zine Publisher Business

Zine publishing is an alternative publication by people who want to distribute their ideas without the limitations of traditional magazines. Zine publishers determine the layout, choose images and content, and can take the zine publication in any direction they wish.

Since zine publications are deliberately low-tech, low-cost publications, you can begin the business without particular expertise in a news publication.

Here are some real life success stories of starting a zine publisher business:

1. Flipsnack ($9.6M/year)

Janina Moza (from San Francisco, CA, USA) started Flipsnack over 11 years ago.

Revenue

$800K / month

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Team

1 founders / 70 employees

Case Study

My name is Janina Moza, and I’m the Chief marketing officer of Flipsnack. I’ve joined the team a year after launching Flipsnack and I’ve been part of this project for almost 10 years now.

We’ve been on the market for over 10 years now and over the past few years, we’ve increased our business revenue by over 50% year over year.

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How We Started A Digital Flipbook Making Tool That Makes $9.6M/Year ➜

2. Slate Magazine

Online magazine of news, politics, technology, and culture. Combines humor and insight in thoughtful analyses of current events and political news.

Website traffic: 24.5M/month
Business rank: #2.2K

Check out their full website ➜

3. Flipsnack

Create stunning HTML5 flipbooks online for free. Flipsnack is the easiest way to make interactive brochures, magazines & catalogs. Upload PDF or design online

Estimated revenue: $800K/month
Website traffic: 5.04M/month
Business rank: #5.84K

Check out their full website ➜