Useful sources of information

Here are some other websites where you may find useful information on starting a magazine:

The trade association Magazines Canada offers a step-by-step online tour of what are described as "the very best practices for starting a new general-interest or special-interest magazine in Canada". It will be of interest to many outside that country also. <http://www.cmpa.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/1310/la_id/1.htm>

Frequently Asked Questions about Starting a Magazine: This is a Q&A section of the Publishing Business Group website run by Cheryl Woodard cofounder of PC Magazine, PC World, Publish, and Macworld, as well as the Macworld Expo.

The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses works for "the independent publishers of exceptional fiction, poetry and prose". Look at the FAQs, especially the FAQ for publishers and the section on publishers resources.

Unfortunately the BigTop distribution service has closed and also led to the collapse of the Independent Press Association (once described as the antidote to monopoly media). See story at Infoshop News. You will find info about other ways that small magazines, especially "zines" can be distributed at the Zine and E-Zine Resource Guide