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Advertising copy dates

The latest copy dates for the submission of advertisements for Microbiologist are:

Vol. 12; No. 4 December 2011: 10 October 2011
Vol. 13; No. 1 March 2012: 9 January 2012
Vol. 13; No. 2 June 2012: 10 April 2012
Vol. 13; No. 3 September 2012: 9 July 2012
Vol. 13; No. 4 December 2012: 8 October 2012

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Advertising costs

Advertisement type	Cost	Advertisement type	Cost
Full Page Colour	£650	Quarter Page Colour	£300
Full Page Mono	£400	Quarter Page Mono	£130
Half Page Colour	£500	Eighth Page Colour	£150
Half Page Mono	£270	Eighth Page Mono	£60

 

Full Page Colour Special Positions:
Inside front cover, inside back cover, or outside back cover £720.00.

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Member Discounts

(applies to ALL Full and Corporate Members)

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

Additional Corporate Member discount: 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% 

Please note: this insertion discount does not apply to special place adverts.

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 Advertisement 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.  

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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.