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[Contact Info Regarding Advertising]
[About Insertion Order]
[Featured Festival Section Rates & Highlighted Fest on Website]
[General Magazine Section Rates]
[Glossy Page Rates]
[Color]
[Graphic Design Rate]
[Digital Edition Magazine Hyperlinks]
[Magazine Sizes]
[How, Where & When to Send Your Ad]

 
 
 
 

Contact Info Regarding Advertising

[EMAIL]

Tel: 775-337-8626
Fax: 775-337-6499

RBA Publishing Inc
P.O. Box 50635
Reno, Nevada 89513
 
 
 

About Insertion Order

[ Insertion Order]

A signed Insertion Order is required to reserve ad space. Contact our advertising department and an Insertion Order will be faxed or mailed to you. Or download one by clicking the link above. Please print, fill out and fax to 775-337-6499. Mail: RBA Publishing Inc, P.O. Box 50635, Reno, NV 89513.

Please Note

• Fill Insertion Order out completely; fill in every field.

• [Read the Terms and Conditions].

• If you have color in your ad, be sure to let us know with your Insertion Order.

• Please indicate if your ad is print ready or if we are making it (if so, the layout, art, logos, etc. need to be here by deadline stated above.) A proof will be faxed or emailed for your approval. You'll be billed at the rate of $65 an hour.

• If you are a promoter and are running an ad in the Festival Section, please make sure that you are using the correct dimensions which are different than general advertising dimensions. Promoters should write the exact name of the festival, the town the festival is in, and the date(s) of the festival in the space provided on Insertion Order.
 
 

Featured Festival Section

Open to festivals only. Festivals will appear in date order in the magazine. No bleeds available.
Ad Size Width x Height Rate
Full page 7.25" x 9" $1,390
Half Page Horizontal 7.25" x 4.125" $725

NEW! Highlighted Festival Listing on Website

Highlighted Festival Listing - make your festival STAND OUT on the website, in the Eguide, in the magazine and in the digital Edition - all for only $75. To order this feature, download the magazine insertion order or just .

Click here to download this information (PDF)

 
 

General Magazine Section

Call for special positioning and associated pricing 775-337-8626. These prices are for black and white ads. Color is an additional charge. Please see below for color prices.
Ad Size Width x Height Rate
Full Page 7.25" x 9.5" $1,735
1/2 Page Horizontal 7.25" x 4.625" $875
1/2 Page Vertical 3.5 x 9.5 $875
1/3 Page 2.25" x 9.5" $640
1/4 Page 3.5" x 4.625" $520
1/6 Page 2.25" x 4.625" $360
1/8 Page 3.5" x 2.25" $290

 
 

Color

(Full color = CMYK, add to above prices)
Ad Size Rate
Full page & 1/2 Page Ads add $375
1/3 Page & Smaller Ads add $225

 
 

Glossy Pages Section

Ad Size Rate

Front Section (3)

Inside front cover $3,310
First right hand page $2,890
Left hand page $2,785

Middle Section (8)

Right hand page $2,625
Left hand page $2,520
Right hand page $2,205
Center Double Truck $5,250
Left Page $2,260
Right Page $2,520
Left Page $2,520

Back Section (4)

First right hand page $2,520
Left Hand Page $2,625
Inside back cover $2,890
Outside back cover $4,360

 
 

Digital Edition Magazine Hyperlinks
Click here for more information

Full page ads $75
1/2 page $50
1/3-1/8 page ads $25

 
 

Graphic Design Rate

In-house design services available.
Approx 1-3 hrs per ad $65
Also, print-ready ads that are submitted incorrectly are subject to a design/fix charge

 
 

Magazine Sizes

Trim Size 8.25"x10.5"
After magazine is printed and bound, it gets trimmed down to this final size.
Bleed Size (trim + 0.25") 8.75"x11"
If ad bleeds (runs all the way to the edge of the page) design ad/background 0.25" bigger than final trim size
Live Image Area (safe area) 7.25"x9.5"
This is the safe area; keep all important text/info within this size to assure none of your important information is lost after trimming.

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