Fandom consumers are weird. When artists sell fanzines/doujins/fanart books etc etc no one bats an eyelash.
When I mention printing watercast (putting aside the fact that it’s actually an original and that’s what I meant) I get 50 messages about copyright.
🙄🤔
I think it’s part of the community’s idea that fic is valued less than art. (Personally I think I value fic less than art too…) For example: fic writers can’t table at cons; fic writers rarely can sell merch; fic is basically always free; fic writers can’t really get Patreon style support. Don’t talk to me about copyright because the same standard does not apply to fanart; I’m talking about what people are willing to pay for. It’s because as a community we view fic as being worth LESS, if not worthless.
We have been printing and selling fanfiction (fanzines) for decades. It is part of fandom tradition. So ignore them. Or better yet point them towards Fanlore, the fandom wiki that documents our fandom history.
And look at the over 8000 fanzines printed since the dawn of time:
http://fanlore.org/wiki/Category:Star_Trek_Zines
http://fanlore.org/wiki/Category:Star_Wars_Zines
http://fanlore.org/wiki/Category:Multimedia_Gen_and_Het_Zines
Just tell them people are only paying for the physical copy. And just charge them cost.