There are community-based small circulation home-made publications, called zines to publish art, writings and musings and poems. The medium is reproduced by photocopying, printing or using pen and paper.

At times, these are the opinions of socially marginalised groups published in leaflets and pamphlets.

Though non-commercial, some times these zines are priced per piece.

Zine making facilitates a way to survive independently. It creates community spaces. Though zines are personal expression, zines too offer peer-to-peer sharing, being interpersonal medium with a huge potential. Zines seem less intimidating than books as their size is small and their production archaic. They are an approachable medium.