GLPA Newsletter: Advertising Rates and Policy

GLPA NEWSLETTER ADVERTISING RATES

(effective with the Autumn, 2017 issue and new contracts starting June 1, 2017)

 

Full Page Ad –  8" Horizontal x 10¼" Vertical
1 Ad
$200
1 Ad, GLPA Member
$190
1 Ad, GLPA Sponsor
$180
4 ads
$640
4 ads, GLPA Member
$610
4 ads, GLPA Sponsor
$580
 
Half Page Ad – 8" Horizontal x 5⅛" Vertical
1 Ad
$130
1 Ad, GLPA Member
$120
1 Ad, GLPA Sponsor
$110
4 ads
$410
4 ads, GLPA Member
$390
4 ads, GLPA Sponsor
$370
 
Quarter Page Ad – 3¾" Horizontal x 5⅛" Vertical
1 Ad
$90
1 Ad, GLPA Member
$80
1 Ad, GLPA Sponsor
$70
4 ads
$260
4 ads, GLPA Member
$240
4 ads, GLPA Sponsor
$220
 
Payment must accompany any advertisement order. Payment can be made either with a check or via PayPal. Checks (made payable to Great Lakes Planetarium Association or GLPA) should be mailed to GLPA’s Treasurer. To obtain the mailing address or to pay using PayPal, please contact GLPA’s Treasurer.
 
Advertisements should be emailed directly to the Newsletter Editor. Ads must be camera-ready. Full page ads may be sent as either a full page PDF file or as a suitably proportioned graphic image (jpg preferred). Smaller sized ads must be sent as a suitably proportioned graphic image (jpg preferred) so that the Newsletter Editor can fit it onto a page with other ads or newsletter articles.
 
The newsletter is rendered as a PDF file for both the digital edition and the printed edition. The printed version of the newsletter is currently produced and mailed out by Dale Smith in Bowling Green, Ohio. The printed newsletter is printed on high-end color photocopy machines. Since these machines cannot copy edge-to-edge, a narrow white (unprinted) border appears on every printed page. To ensure that nothing is cut off when rendered by the printing process, the Newsletter Editor re-sizes and positions all page elements to avoid this border.
 
To ensure fair treatment, half-page ads for multi-issue purchases are alternated in their placement between the top half and bottom half of the page (assuming that the other half of the page is also an advertisement). To further ensure fair treatment, the relative placement of ads within the newsletter is changed from one issue to the next.
 
GLPA reserves the right to refuse ads. GLPA's liability is limited to the cost of the ad. Deadlines for all submissions to the GLPA Newsletter are as follows:

February 1 -- Spring Equinox issue
May 1 -- Summer Solstice issue
August 1 -- Autumnal Equinox issue
November 1 -- Winter Solstice issue
 
Advertisers who wish their ad to carry over to the next issue do not need to resend their ad if there are no changes. So long as the advertiser's contract with GLPA hasn't expired, the Newsletter Editor will insert the same ad as before unless he/she is informed otherwise. Advertisers with a current contract who wish to change their ad may submit their new ad as late as the 15th of the months of February, May, August, and November, for the respective issues described above.
 
To purchase an advertisement or for more information, please contact:

Bart Benjamin
GLPA Newsletter Editor

Please include your name, company name, address, phone number, and email address with any inquiry or order. Thank you for your interest in the GLPA Newsletter!

 

GLPA’s policy regarding Sponsor level discounts and perquisites:

  • A Planet or Solar System Sponsor is entitled to a discounted rate on GLPA Newsletter ad purchases.

  • A Galaxy Sponsor is entitled to a ¼ page ad in one newsletter and a ¼ page ad in the Proceedings, but only if requested by qualifying individual or company.

  • A Universe or Parallel Universe Sponsor is entitled to a ½ page ad in one newsletter and a ½ page ad in the Proceedings, but only if requested by qualifying individual or company.