PSA: Zine File Archives / Google Drive
Hello! For the duration of roughly two years a while back, you might remember that I ran a few zines. This is a notice for anyone who has purchased a PDF zine that I worked on. I ran zines in Voltron fandom so I’m tagging there, but if you’ve run any zine in the past five-ish years, this might be relevant to you too.
Starting June 1, 2023, Google will be purging files from accounts that have been inactive for over two years. (The policy actually starts June 1, 2021, but the two-year inactivity buffer means deletion will happen no earlier than 2023.) Naturally, this applies to accounts for any zines that are no longer active.
I will try to periodically login to zine accounts I have access to, but I recommend downloading any purchased files as soon as possible to avoid loss of access. If a file you’ve purchased is deleted, please reach out via the zine’s social media and someone will try to get it back online or send you the file. (I personally will mostly likely see messages from Tumblr/email, but some mods are more active on Twitter so whatever should be fine.)
@lancezine @vldmattzine @shattzine @keithzine2018 and uhhhh folks over at @zinestiria @katt-zine might find this relevant too, I think?
Please direct zine-specific questions to the inbox of the relevant zine. Thanks!!
Shatt Zine is a free zine, so hopefully we have some extra eyes here because theoretically everyone has access to it. ;)
