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Advertising Rates

Publication Schedule

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Effective January 1, 2008
All rates are for electronic ads on zip,CD disk or e-mail.
Additional charge applies for film negatives and
camera ready art. (See Additional Charges below)

RESERVED PREMIUM POSITIONS:

$1600 Back Cover 4- Color
$1375 Inside Front Cover 4-Color
$1275 Inside Back Cover 4-color

$875 1st Right Hand Page B&W
$825 2nd Right Hand Page B&W
$825 Opposite Contents LH page B&W
For 4-color add $475

Full Page live area 7.625” X 9.625”
Bleed 8.5” x 11” — Trim to 8.25” x 10.5”
All dimensions are Width x Height.

ROB Regular B/W Rates:

$750 Full Page Bleed (8.5" x 11” trim to 8.25” x 10.5”)
Please keep type at least .25” from trim.
$725 Full Page No Bleed (7.625” X 9.625”)
$625 2/3 Page (5” x 9.5”)
$575 JR Page (5" x 7.2")
$475 1/2 Page Horizontal (7.625” x 4.75”)
$475 1/2 Page Vertical (3.75” x 9.625”)
$350 1/3 Page Horizontal (5” x 4.75”)
$350 1/3 Page Vertical (2.458” x 9.625”)
$325 1/4 Page (3.75” x 4.75”)
$275 1/6 Page (2.458” x 4.75”)
$200 1/8 Page Horizontal (3.75” x 2.3”)
$200 1/8 Page Vertical (1.812” x 4.75”)
$175 1/16 Page (1.812” x 2.3”)

Limited website banners and button links are available for magazine advertisers at an additional cost for a two month duration.

Website rates
$150 — Front Page Top banner 514x136
$100 — Front Main Frame banner 354x124
$75 — Front Side Button 124x124
$50 — Featured Issue page button
$25 — Links Page logo & link

 

A cure for the blues
six times a year.

Electronic
Graphic Specs:

Ad copy can be emailed as hi-res jpegs, pdf files and Quark Mac files with fonts & image tiffs at 300 dpi resolution for 150 line screen reproduction on glossy paper. Document size should be set to ad size dimension. All colr images must be CYMK.
Stuffed files are ok for email attachment, keep file under 4 MB for each email.

email electronic files direct to Big City Blues.

US Mail or FedEx on CD or zip disk with proof to:
Robert Jr Whitall,
810 Gardenia
Royal Oak, MI 48067

Additional Charges:
For non electronic ads —
camera ready art add $25
For film negatives
add $15 per color plate.

Additional charges for
Big City Blues In House Design to create your ad:
for 2/3 and Full sizes add $100 for 1/3, 1/2 and Junior add $75 for 1/8, 1/6 and 1/4 add $50 for 1/16 add $25