Definition of "zinefan"

Confan: Who cares about fanzines; cons are where the action is.Zinefan: Yeah, well when the history of fandom is written, we will write it.Confan: Yeah, but nobody will read it.

1991 May 6, Richard Harter, “Re: Query about Sixth Fandom”, in alt.fandom.misc‎ (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>

Wake up fandom, not everyone here is large. If the equal rights of the slim are not recognized we could find ourselves in a mud-slinging contest that will make the zinefan vs. confan fight look like a sand-box squabble.

1995 May 30, Moshe Feder, “Re: TAFF T-Shirts”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom‎ (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>

I’d love to see a complete list of active zinefen, find out how many there are.

2009 April, R. Graeme Cameron, “Letters of Comment”, in WCSFAzine‎, volume 3, number 3 (whole number #19), page 48