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In a broader and more modern sense, [[Samizdat]] is any unpublished work which is reproduced and distributed by hand or other low-tech method.
 
TheNot only has the rise of the Internet has rendered ''samizdat'' somewhat obsolete -- [[Social Media]], Bulletin Board Systems and other electronic communications have made the distribution of "unofficial" material trivial and easy -- but it has also stripped it of much of its countercultural aura of rebellion.
 
Contrast with [[Doujinshi]], which is also self-published but fills a vastly different hole in the social fabric.
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== Real Life ==
* Before the internet, [[w:Amateur press association|Amateur press associations]] were the paper equivalent of a modern email mailing list, and allowed small groups of enthusiasts to discuss their common interest in the form of a mailing compiled from contributions sent by their members to the APA's manager/editor, who assembled them into issues which were then sent back out to the APA's members.
* Similarly, early science fiction fandom abounded with low-circulation ''fanzines'' (from "fan magazine"), sometimes having circulations"print runs" no larger than a dozen or so copies per issue.