Society for Applied Microbiology

Advertising Copy Dates

The latest copy dates for the submission of advertisements for Microbiologist are:
Vol. 9; No. 1 March 2008: 2nd February 2008
Vol. 9; No. 2 June 2008: 2nd May 2008
Vol. 9; No. 3 September 2008: 1st August 2008
Vol. 9; No. 4 December 2008: 13th October 2008

All advertisements should be submitted to the Honorary Editor,

Advertising rates per insertion

Advertisement Type

Cost

Advertisement Type

Cost

Full Page Colour

£650.00

Quarter Page Colour

£300.00

Full Page Mono

£400.00

Quarter Page Mono

£130.00

Half Page Colour

£500.00

Eighth Page Colour

£150.00

Half Page Mono

£270.00

Eighth Page Mono

£60.00

Full Page Colour Special Position
Inside front cover, inside back cover, or outside back cover	£720.00

Member Discounts (applies to ALL full and corporate members)

50% off the above rates plus the insertion discounts shown below.

Additional Corporate Member Discounts

Free quarter page colour advert in each issue

Insertion Discounts (applies to members and non-members alike)

2 insertions : less 5%

3 insertions : less 10%

4 insertions : less 20%

Advertisment sizes

Advertisment type	Bleed d x w	Trim d x w	Type Area d x w*
Full page BLEED	303mm x 216mm	297mm x 210mm	277mm x 180mm
Full Page	does not bleed	264mm x 180mm	254mm x 170mm
Half page vertical	does not bleed	264mm x 88mm	254mm x 78mm
Half page horizontal	does not bleed	130mm x 180mm	120mm x 170mm
Quarter page	does not bleed	130mm x 88mm	120mm x 70mm
Eighth page	does not bleed	63mm x 88mm	57mm x 82mm
*Type area : no vital matter (text) should fall outside this area.

Artwork

Magazine format : 4 colour offset-litho. 60pp, perfect bound.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ADVERTISERS

Artwork MUST be supplied as Adobe Acrobat version 1.3 files OR PDF/x-1a files ONLY.

YOU MUST ensure your artwork is the CORRECT SIZE for the advert you have booked. Currently this is 88mm wide x 130mm deep for Corporate members' free quarter page adverts.

Advertisements which do not meet these specifications may be rejected.

*PDF/X-1a is an international standard (ISO 15929 and ISO 15930) file format specifically designed for the exchange of print-ready pages. For help creating PDF files to this standard please refer to the many resources on the Internet devoted to PDF/x.

IF YOU NEED FURTHER HELP IN PREPARING YOUR PDF FILES TO OUR SPECIFICATIONS PLEASE CONTACT OUR PRODUCTION COMPANY on +44(0)1933 664700

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