Publishers
Who are you?
Pics & Ink is run by print lovers who are obsessed with introducing indie mags to a wider audience. We think there’s an indie magazine out there for everybody, they just don’t know it exists yet.
We’re here to bridge that gap and help you get your indie magazine out into the world. We publish our own magazine, The Simple Things, so this whole thing is built by people who know the kind of challenges you’re facing. We are in this together.
So, how do you work?
We don’t just stick a listing up and hope for the best. Before any magazine goes live in our shop, we spend 15 to 20 minutes with each issue. We sit with it and read it to get an idea of the content, audience and feeling of the magazine. Then, we write a transparent description that helps a customer work out whether it's for them. This is the bit we care about the most as it means we can point readers toward the right titles rather than just displaying covers.
Another way we help readers and magazines find each other is by putting your title in front of people who might not otherwise come across it. Your mags are kept on hand and promoted through our twice-weekly newsletter and social media channels, which typically reach 100,000+ views a month.
We want to help the indie magazine community become stronger by working together, so created our terms of sale with small makers in mind. Stock stays yours, safely stored in our office in Oxted, Surrey. We work on a sale or return basis, so if you want copies back, just cover the postage and they come back.
Who we're for...
Working with us suits indie magazine makers big and small. Whether you want to grow your reach or connect with a different kind of audience, we want to help. To apply, send us a sample copy - we'll be in touch once we've spent some time with it.
We may not be best suited for more commercial magazines. We work best with magazines reaching the kind of readers who seek out independent print.
The practical bit.
We take 35% of the cover price, you get the rest. For that, we market, sell, store and post your magazines, making sure they arrive in the condition they left in. We ship internationally and handle EU customs ourselves, which isn't always feasible for smaller titles to do on their own. Payment goes out monthly because we know annual and quarterly titles can wait a long time to get paid.
If we don't sell every copy you send, or you want some back, that's no problem. Just cover the return shipping and they're yours.
We may get in touch for more copies if stock sells out. We're proud of our range of back issues and are happy to take a mix of older and newer stock.
To work with us, email hello@picsandink.com. Just tell us a little bit about your magazine and send over a sample copy.