Rate Card for the 2013-14 Printed Catalogue

The rate card for the 2013-14 printed catalogue will be available later in 2012. The rate card for 2012-13 catalogue season (which is now closed for bookings) is provided below for guidance.

Notes

Advertisers need only make one booking to appear in both editions of the Catalogue of Goods and Services.
Advertisement space sales are operated on County Supplies' behalf by Bow House Limited. To book space or make enquiries, please e-mail Richard Fox, Sales and Marketing Manager at Bow House Limited.
Prices quoted above are for space only, and are based on copy being supplied in the correct format.
Technical advice and support on file formats for advertisements is available, free, from Bow House Limited.
Prices can be quoted by Bow House for designing and producing digital artwork.
Some advertisement layouts, which refer to contracted arrangements with County Supplies, may require space for customer information of how to place the order.
Prices do not include VAT which will be charged at the rate prevailing at the tax point.

Catalogue Rate Card for 2012-13

Advertisement space rates
Full page	£1,499
Half page	£910
Quarter page	£584

Page Dimensions	If you supply direct to the customer	If you supply into our warehouse
Full page	250 x 185mm (vertical)	270 x 185mm (vertical)
Half page (horizontal)	112 x 185mm	132 x 185mm
Half page (vertical)	250 x 90mm	270 x 90mm
Quarter page	112 x 90mm	132 x 90mm

If you are an agency producing artwork on behalf of the advertiser please check with your client which measurements should apply. Any artwork that is supplied at the wrong size will be rejected. Bleed pages are not acceptable.

Acceptable file formats
Format	Mac format files are essential.
PDFs	At least 300dpi.
QuarkXpress 6 or earlier	Fully made up, 'Collect for Output' pages. Text, tints and high resolution scans in position.
Illustrator CS3 or Freehand 10	Images must be placed and in CMYK mode.

Other technical information
Colours	Convert all Pantones to CMYK or process (check logos created in Freehand or Illustrator for Pantone Colours). Black text must be 100% black rather than 4-colour (i.e. set the color setting to C=0, M=0, Y=0, K=100%).
Images	At least 300dpi TIF or EPS files in CMYK format. Compressed files in LZW are not acceptable. Please indicate if clipping paths have been used.
Fonts	Must be PostScript and all fonts must be included with the artwork. TrueType fonts are not acceptable.
Logos	Ideally vector graphics created in Illustrator CS3 or earlier or Freehand 10. If this is not possible a high resolution scan (300dpi) will suffice.
Supplying artwork	If sending files on CD please include a colour printout. Please label the CD with the company name and catalogue name.

Further information
Stock	FSC certified paper.
Circulation	10,500 copies
Readership	22,500 readership. Purchasers and specifiers in education, adult services, fire and police services, local government, community and voluntary organisations.
Geographical coverage	Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton, West Berkshire.