Book excerpt: Social networks are dominating today s headlines, but they are not the only platforms that are radically changing the way we communicate. Creatives such as designers, photographers, artists, researchers, and poets are disseminating information about themselves and their favorite subjects not via predefined media such as Twitter or blogs, but through printed or other self-published projects so-called zines. Behind the Zines not only documents outstanding work, but also shows how the self-image of those who make zines impacts the scene as a whole.