2008Advertising Rate Card & Schedule
All prices and other items are subject to change without notice

Thank you for expressing interest in advertising with USA Table Tennis Magazine. If you have any questions regarding the mechanical and rate information listed below, please don’t hesitate to call. 

To advertise, contact:
Steve Hopkins and Marie Hopkins, Co-Editors
USA Table Tennis Magazine
11 S. Angell St., Suite 246  · Providence, RI 02860
401-952-8598 (ph) · magazine@usatt.org

*Large files may be e-mailed to magazine@e-hopkins.com

Advertising Responsibilities and Publisher’s Rights:
All advertising must be clearly identified as advertising by the inclusion of a trademark, logo, or the name of the advertiser, or the word "advertisement" will be placed at the top and/or bottom of that advertisement.

AD DEADLINES (Subject to change without notice)

Mechanical Requirements: All advertisements should be sent in in either PDF format, or a graphics format such as JPG or TIF. For black & white ads, all graphics should be in true gray scale. Resolution should be 300dpi, color in process CMYK. For PDF ads, all fonts must be embedded. For ads that bleed, allow .25 bleed on all sides, with no text within .25 of the edge. For more info on mechanical requirements, contact the editors. 

Design Charges: Editor can prepare ads upon request if given sufficient notice. The advertiser is billed at $40/hour for all production work, with all money generated in this way going to USATT. Advertiser will be given an estimate in advance for all costs in creating ads in this way.

Note: These rates are preferential rates for USATT Affiliated Members/Companies.

USA Coaching and USA Tournament Ad Discounts: Disounts for full page, 2/3 page, and 1/2 page ads are available for clinics/coaching and tournaments. The discount is 1/2 Price. This does not include extra costs for spot color on black & white ads, and does not apply to 2-page spreads. The coaching or tournament activity must be in the U.S. 

Multiple Ad Discounts: Advertisers who contract for at least a full-page ad will receive a 15% discount on additional advertisements in the same issue of equal or lesser value. This discount does not apply to coaching and tournament ads that have already been discounted.

Ad Placements: Ads are generally placed in order of ad size, with larger ads (or multiple-page ads) getting precedence. 

USATT reserves the right not to publish any advertisement that is determinted to be (1) misleading, (2) unsupported by facts, (3) in bad taste, or (4) otherwise does not conform to the standards of USATT.

Standard advertising unit sizes with preferential placements reserved for color ads:
Full-page ads
Non-Bleed: 7 3/8" x 10"
Bleed: 8 7/8" x 11 3/8"
Trim Size: 8 3/8" x 10 7/8

2/3-page ads
4 7/8" x 10"

1/2 -page ads
1/2 Vertical: 7 3/8" x 4 7/8"
1/2 Horizontal: 3 5/8" x 10"

1/3-page ads
1/3 Vertical: 2 3/8" x 10"
1/3 Block: 4 7/8" x 4 7/8"

1/6-page ads
1/6 Horizontal: 4 7/8" x 2 3/8"
1/6 Vertical: 2 3/8" x 4 7/8"