To honor AAPA's 90th birthday (coming up in September), The Fossils ("the Historians of Amateur Journalism") feature a reprint of Lee Hawes's history of AAPA's first 25 years, "The Stronghold of Youth," first published in 1961: https://thefossils.org/TheStrongholdOfYouth.pdf
Amateur journalism is a unique activity. Amateur journalists publish journals on paper & online & come from many perspectives: from deluxe letterpress printed journals, to Xeroxed newsletters, to artistically designed cards and ephemera. We embrace the spirit of being amateurs – loving what we do for pure joy and not financial gain – while creating top quality journals, zines, and homemade publications.