Place Your Ads
Rates
Deadlines
Mechanics
General Information
Ad Insertion Order Form (PDF)

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Place Your Ads

Click here to place your BI&T advertisement, or contact Vicki Cummins at vcummins@aami.org or at 888-777-6956.

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Rates

• Color Rates
  3/Color & 4/Color per Page: $950
• Cover and Preferred Position Rates
  Inside Front Cover - Add 50%
  Inside Back Cover - Add 20%
  Outside Back Cover - Add 50%
  Opposite Table of Contents - Add 20%
• Inserts
  4-Page Insert: 5x B/W earned rate
  2-Page Insert: 3x B/W earned rate
• Agency Commission: 15% to recognized agencies when paid within 30 days of billing date. Color charges and positioning charges are commissionable.
• Payment and Cash Discounts: 2% on net, after agency commission, if paid within 14 days of invoice date.

Contact Information: Susan Gillespie, 1110 N. Glebe St., Arlington, VA 22201; 703-525-4890 ext. 225; or e-mail sgillespie@aami.org

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Deadlines

Issue	Space Reservation	Ad Material
January	November 15	November 30
March	January 15	January 30
May *	March 15	March 30
July	May 15	May 30
September	July 15	July 30
November	September 15	October 30

*AAMI Conference & Expo Issue

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Mechanicals

• Non-bleed dimensions (Width by Height)
  Full page 6.79" by 9.70"
  ½ page H 6.79" by 4.23"
  ½ page V 3.27" by 9.70"
  ¼ page 3.27" by 4.23"
  1/8 page 3.27" by 2.10"
• Trim Size: Journal trims 1/8" off top, bottom, and outside edges. Final trim size of publication is 8 1/8" by 10 7/8." Live matter should be a minimum of ¼" inside trimmed edges, and a minimum of ½" should be allowed for the bind.
• Half-tone Screens: 133-175 line screens are acceptable.
• Binding: Perfect
• Paperstock: Inside Pages, 60# gloss, Cover 100# gloss text
• Reproduction Requirements: Complete original screened film negatives are required: right-reading, emulsion side down. Film must be clear base and dimensionally stable of identical gauge (.004 is recommended). Film should be supplied in one piece per color and identified by color and kind (e.g., black, negative). No etching or hand color corrections should be made to the film. All opaquing should be done on the non-emulsion side. Film should be hard dot. No camera or etched film is acceptable. Camera-ready copy is acceptable for all black and white ads. Camera-ready black white ads should be a minimum of 350 dpi or higher. Trim and registration marks are required. Pressmatch proof or colorkey proof required. Suitable proof will be made at advertiser's expense if not furnished. All supplied film, camera-ready copy, and disk files must be correct size per the journal specifications.

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Electronic Files:

• If you are supplying images on disk, please include a directory of files contained on the disk and a hard copy printout. Supplied hard copy must match the file. Digital color files must be submitted in CMYK mode. Digital color proofs supplied with the file must be output in CMYK.
• Formats: We accept TIFF or EPS format for both Macintosh and PC platforms. We also accept files in the following Native Application File Formats: Adobe Acrobat (pdf - use Press settings under Job Options), Adobe Photoshop (psd), Macromedia FreeHand (fh), Canvas (cvs), InDesign (id), QuarkXPress (qxd), Illustrator (ai), Corel Draw (cdr), PowerPoint (ppt), Pagemaker (pmd)
• Fonts: Include the screen and printer font files for any text. PC or Macintosh versions of Adobe Postscript fonts should be used. Do NOT use True Type fonts, Do NOT use system "bitmap" fonts.
• Data Transfer: We can accept the following media: Macintosh/PC Platforms, 3.5 Floppy Disk; Zip Disks, Jazz Disks, CD ROM, DVD
  
  We can also accept or retrieve files via File Transfer Protocol (FTP). If you will be posting to the FTP site please follow the following directions:
  1. The user should FTP to: ftp.allenpress.com
  2. Login with the username anonymous
  3. Use your email address as the password
  4. Place files in the inbox
  
  
• Compression: Large files should be compressed with Stuffit or WinZip if possible.

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General Information: Market Coverage: BI&T readers consist of clinical, biomedical engineers and technicians (32%); department managers/hospital administrators (24%); researchers and developers, equipment design and marketing (18%); regulatory affairs (14%); clinicians, consultants, assessment management (10%) and other professionals (2%).

Acceptance of Advertising: BI&T reserves the right to accept materials and require publication pre-payment. Advertiser agrees to assume all liability for content of ads printed and must be fully authorized for use of the ad's content including, but not limited to, persons' names and pictures, testimonials, and any copyrighted or trademarked material. Advertiser will indemnify and hold the publisher harmless from any loss or expense arising out of an advertisement.

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