FAQ

Hello! If you have any questions not answered here, you can email support@wizardzines.com.

Buying zines
Special pricing
Shipping
Troubleshooting
Licensing
Work / Money
About my comics

Buying zines

Can I buy print copies of your zines?

Yes! They’re at https://store.wizardzines.com. The digital zines also come with a printable PDF version that you can print yourself, including a black & white version that’s designed to look good when printed on a black and white printer.

If I get the PDF version, can I print it at home?

Yes! All the PDF zines come with a printable PDF that you can print on your home printer. They’re designed to look great on a black and white printer or colour printer, and on A4 paper or letter paper (we have special black & white covers designed for B&W printers). Here are the print directions.

I'm in the EU, how does VAT work?

If you have a business VAT number: There’s a place on the cart page to enter your VAT number. (check the“Are you based in the EU and VAT registered?” box).
For everyone else: To comply with EU regulations, if your order is over 150 EUR, you will not be charged VAT at checkout, you'll have to pay when you receive the package. Otherwise, we collect and pay VAT on your order.

What's the print quality like? Is it good?

Yes! I won’t bore you with the exact paper weight numbers but I pay a lot of attention to print quality and people often comment on how impressed they are. We work with a great Seattle print shop called Girlie Press.

I want to buy someone a zine as a gift, how can I do that?

For print zines: Just enter their address as the shipping address! We do not include packing slips or order receipts in packages. The only invoice included would be the required customs invoice for international labels.
For PDF zines: When you place an order, you’ll receive a link to download the zines. You can share that link with your gift recipient.
Gift cards: We also offer gift cards, so that your giftee can choose the zines they want! The gift cards are sold in denominations corresponding to the prices of:

One zine PDF
One print zine with US shipping
Zine 4-pack PDF
Zine 4-pack print + PDF
14-pack PDF
14-pack print + PDF

Special pricing

I'm in a country with a weak currency relative to the US, can I get a discount?

Yes! If you go to any zine page (like this one) and you’re in a country, for example Brazil, with a much weaker currency relative to the US, you should see a discount code. I don’t have this discount for print zines though, because shipping actual zines outside the US is much more expensive than shipping bytes.

I'm a teacher and I want to use the zines in my class, do you have educational pricing?

Yes! Learn more at our educational pricing page.

Do you have nonprofit pricing?

Yes! If you’re a nonprofit organization and you want to give away zines at your workshop / conference / hackathon etc, you can buy 1 copy at the personal rate and print and give away as many copies as you want. Please do not distribute PDF copies of the zine though, only print copies. If you do this, let me know! I love to hear about how people are using the zines.

Do you have bulk pricing for print zines?

Yes! I don’t have a system in place yet, but email me about it and we’ll sort something out.

I want to buy zines for my university / school / library!

We have educational pricing! Send us an email at support@wizardzines.com, we’d love to work with you.

Do you have student pricing?

Not yet!

Shipping

How does shipping work?

Your shipping questions are probably answered in our Shipping Policy! If you have any questions, just get in touch at support@wizardzines.com and we’d be glad to help.

I want to get a print version of the zine, but I can't wait for the shipping! Help?

If you order the PDF version, it includes a printable version that you can print at home (or at a print shop)! If the printable version wasn't included in your order and you want it, email support@wizardzines.com and we'll send it to you.

Shipping outside the US seems really expensive! What are my options?

We have 2 workarounds for this: Free international shipping is included for all orders over $60 (and for all US orders over $30). If you’re just ordering 1 zine, we have an untracked letter mail shipping option for about $5 USD.

Troubleshooting

I bought a zine from you and I have a problem

Oh no! Please email me at support@wizardzines.com and we’ll figure it out. If for some reason I didn’t reply (though I try to reply quickly!), please email me again.

I bought a zine from you 3 years ago and I deleted the email / don’t remember what I ordered. Can I get it back?

No problem! Just enter your email address in this Order Recovery Form and you’ll get an email with download links for all your past orders. You’ll need to enter the exact correct email address.

How do I print my zines on a home printer?

Print directions are here. If for some reason the PDF you have doesn’t look like the one in the video, please email me at support@wizardzines.com and I’ll sort it out.

Can you send me an invoice so I can expense it?

Yes! You’ll get a link to a PDF invoice in your order confirmation email. Let us know at support@wizardzines.com if you need us to fix anything on the invoice.

I need Wizard Zines' business address!

OK! It's:

10868795 Canada Inc
4388 Rue Saint-Denis Suite 200 #333
Montreal, QC H2J 2L1 Canada

Licensing

I'm giving a presentation at a conference / at work, can I use 1 or 2 of your comics with attribution in it?

Yes! Please include a link to the comic’s webpage (like https://wizardzines.com/comics/bash-errors)

Can I translate one of your blog posts or comics into another language?

Probably! I’ve always said yes to these requests in the past as long as people link to the original post, email me about it.

Can I buy a license to give some of your zines to give away at my conference / to my customers / etc?

Yes! Email me about it (support@wizardzines.com) and we’ll work out a deal.

Can I license one of your comics to put on my company's website?

Maybe! Email me about it (support@wizardzines.com) and we’ll work out a deal.

What license are your comics under?

It depends! All my free zines (listed on the homepage, they have black and white covers) can be used under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. Everything else is all rights reserved. You’re probably sensing a theme here, email me if you have other questions about licensing.

Work / Money

Can I pay you to write about X?

Nope! I don’t do freelance work or commissions. People sometimes try to convince me that their idea is an exception, but I don’t make exceptions to this rule and I really appreciate it when people don’t ask in the first place :) You can always suggest an idea that you think I might be interested in writing about though, the best place to do that is Mastodon.

Can I pay you to link to our site?

Nope!

Can I pay you to write a guest post on your blog?