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The magazine I have heard some excellent reports from advertisers in the magazine. Your local, independent, FREE, A5, full- David Neville, More Than Printers Limited colour, monthly magazine dedicated to promoting local businesses, charities, Advertising rates community groups and anything and Double page spread...... £300+VAT per month everything of interest in your area. e.g. company editorial/restaurant review

Full page advert...... £185+VAT per month (131mm wide x 194mm high) Why advertise in the Half page advert...... £95+VAT per month (131mm wide x 93mm high) The Villager magazine is packed full of interesting and topical articles, competitions, puzzles, local history and a Quarter page advert...... £60+VAT per month what’s on guide for the local community. This gives people a (62mm wide x 93mm high) reason to read the magazine from cover to cover, and makes Classifieds...... £40+VAT per month sure your advertisement is seen. It also means that our (62mm wide x 35mm high) readers are more likely to keep the magazine as a point of reference, giving your advertisement a longer shelf-life. Discounts available for multiple bookings.

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Format Fonts The Villager magazine is an A5 magazine, saddle stitched If we don’t have the font you have used, it may be and printed in full colour throughout on 130 gsm paper in automatically substituted for an alternative font. To avoid a silk finish, giving it a very high quality feel. this happening, please embed or outline all the fonts used in your document before sending us the final artwork. Copy deadline Final copy must be submitted by the 10th of each month Copyright for inclusion in the following month’s issue, which will be Under no circumstances should images be taken or distributed on or around the last weekend of the month downloaded from the internet, or scanned from a for the following month. catalogue or flyer, unless they are paid-for stock photos (circumstances apply, please consult us). Any copyright issues relating to the use of images and adverts submitted Acceptable formats are entirely the responsibility of the advertiser. Data can be submitted to us in any of the following formats: • PDF, with no security/not password protected Advert design • JPEG We are happy to design or put together your advert for • TIFF you from hard copy or amend a current electronic copy • Photoshop if required. Please note that a separate one-off charge is • EPS (Illustrator files to be supplied at CS5 or lower) made for this service, but once your advert is designed you can use it anywhere you like! Unacceptable formats Please do not supply a finished advert design in a Word Stock photos document. Only use Word if you need to send us copy. If you require photos in your advert and you do not have MS Publisher files areNOT accepted. any, we can research stock photos starting from £5 each. Resolution Liability Files, including any images, need to be at least 300 dpi to We will not accept content/copy dictated over the phone, print clearly, otherwise they may appear fuzzy, distorted or as mistakes are more likely to occur. Please email all pixelated. Most images found on the web are 72 dpi and changes and copy. are generally not suitable for professional printing. Please make sure you check your proof thoroughly Colours for any errors, especially your contact information. Files must be CMYK or Grayscale for colours to print After your advert is signed off by you and sent to print, accurately. Files that are sent to us using RGB, Pantone, we cannot accept any responsibility for mistakes. or spot colours will be automatically converted to CMYK, which may cause some changes to your colours. Sending us your copy/advert: Advert copy and editorial can be emailed to [email protected] or saved to CD and sent to Artwork, Villager Publications, 24 Market Square, Potton, Beds, SG19 2NP