Shamanism - Sacred Hoop Magazine, the home of Shamanic Spirituality

Technical Information...

It is produced on Apple Mac computers using QuarkXpress 6.5
SENDING COPY
There are three ways you can send us your advert.

1: As an electronic camera-ready advert.
2: As a physical camera-ready advert.
3: As component words (and images)
for us to use to produce your advert.


ELECTRONIC CAMERA-READY ART
These should be a hi-resolution jpg
(with the lowest compression) at 300 dpi to the correct canvas size in either CMYK or RGB.

Or as a Press quality PDF in CMYK or RGB (with embedded images and fonts).

Files can be sent to us on CD, DVD, Zip 100 and Zip 250 discs or by email to Nicholas Breeze Wood.




PHYSICAL CAMERA-READY ART
These types of adverts will be scanned in by us and converted to digital pictures which we will put onto the page.
All such adverts should be sent the CORRECT SHAPE at TWICE LIFE SIZE so that when they are scanned they will appear with a reasonable quality in the finished magazine.


WRITTEN COPY SENT TO US
Please EMAIL your words to us, and any logo or photo you wish us to use in your advert. Images must be of a reasonable size and resolution.

All adverts needing to be created by us are put together free of charge unless they are very complex, in which case we will charge £45 per hour for the creation of your advert.

We are happy to send you a proof jpg
of your advert for your approval by email before it goes to print.

IMPORTANT NOTES

IMAGE RESOLUTION
Your computer screen shows you images at 72 dpi (dots per inch). This is the standard resolution for photos on a website etc. A 'dot' is a pixal.

But, magazines are printed on paper at 300 dpi, so a photo that appears big on a computer screen will appear much smaller on a printed page. This is because it will need to be shrunk to give it 300 dots per inch instead of 72.

If a 72 dpi image is used in a printed magazine, each dot in the image will be so large that it will be seen by the naked eye and the quality of the image will be bad. Printing with images at 300 dpi makes the dots too small to see with the naked eye and the image has much better quality.

Please remember this when you send us your advert images and logos, if it is too small (too few dpi) when we convert it to 300 dpi it will appear tiny or even microscopic in your advert

ADVERTISERS IN THE USA
Sacred Hoop is shipped by boat to the USA and then dispatched by our North American distributor which causes a delay.
This delay means in effect that the USA is around 2 to 3 months behind the UK. So, for example, the Winter issue will not be available to shops in the US until around the date of our Spring publication date.
You will need to keep this in mind when you design your adverts.

This ONLY applies to US shops. Our US subscribers are sent their copies of Sacred Hoop directly from the UK by Airmail, so they arrive only a few days later than the UK ones do.

Advertising Information...

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SACRED HOOP MAGAZINE is the ideal place to reach a dedicated readership interested in shamanism, animism, healing, deep ecology and Earth-based spirituality.

SACRED HOOP is published quarterly around May 1st, Aug 1st, Nov 1st and Feb 14th each year.
Every three months the magazine goes out worldwide to subscribers and via retail outlets. Please note that because of shipping time, distribution in US takes place 3 months after publication. Subscription copies are not affected by this delay.

On publication every advertiser receives a FREE COPY of the magazine. Further copies are available to UK advertisers in packs of 10 for £20.00 (inc P&P).

Inclusion of adverts in Sacred Hoop does not imply endorsement, and contents of adverts must comply with all the usual legislation. We retain the right to refuse adverts at our discretion.

TO PAY FOR AN ADVERT WITH OUR SECURE CART SYSTEM

PLEASE GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE

**ADVERTISING RATES**
ADVERT SIZE	DIMENSIONS (mm & Pixals)	1 ISSUE	2 ISSUES	3 ISSUES	4 ISSUES
STANDARD BOX	W60 x H50mm 709 x 591 pixals	£70.00	£135.00	£189.00	£239.00
DOUBLE BOX - VERTICAL	W60 X H105mm 709 x 1240 pixals	£125.00	£239.00	£339.00	£425.00
DOUBLE BOX - HORIZONTAL	W125 X H50mm 1472 x 591 pixals	£125.00	£239.00	£339.00	£425.00
TRIPLE BOX - VERTICAL	W60 X H160mm 709 x 1890 pixals	£170.00	£325.00	£459.00	£575.00
TRIPLE BOX - HORIZONTAL	W190 X H50mm 2244 x 591 pixals	£170.00	£325.00	£459.00	£575.00
WHOLE COLUMN	W60 X H270mm 709 x 3189 pixals	£275.00	£520.00	£745.00	£935.00
QUARTER PAGE	W92.5 X H132.5mm 1093 x 1565 pixals	£225.00	£425.00	£605.00	£765.00
HALF PAGE	W190 X H132.5mm 2244 x 1565 pixals	£395.00	£750.00	£1,065.00	£1,245.00
WHOLE PAGE	W190 X H270mm 2244 x 3189 pixals	£750.00	£1,425.00	£2,025.00	£2,550.00
BACK COVER	W210 X H297mm 2480 x 3508 pixals plus bleed	£825.00	£1,565.00	£2,225.00	£2,795.00

INSERTS / FLIERS can be included in our magazine mailout

A5 single sheet £52.00 per 500 --- A4 single folded sheet £65.00 per 500

UK ONLY : min inserts 500 - max inserts 2,000
USA ONLY : min inserts 500 - max inserts 2,500
WORLD : min inserts 500 - max inserts 4,500

DEADLINES
SACRED HOOP IS PUBLICATION EACH * MAY, AUG, NOV and FEB
(Generally in the early part of the month)

DEADLINE DATES * APR 1st, JULY 1st, OCT 1st and JAN 14th

We are normally fully booked each issue, so it is best to book your advert as early as possible by phone, or email so that you can be sure that we have the space you require.

BOOKING
Once your advert is booked we will send you an invoice, which is payable by return of post OR by phone/email via credit card. Please send in your advert copy (see below for the technical bits) together with your payment.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION
SACRED HOOP is produced on Apple Mac OSX using QuarkXpress 6.5

SENDING COPY
There are 3 ways to send your advert:

1 - As an ELECTRONIC FILE (computer-generated).
2 - As HARD COPY (printed on paper).
3 - As COMPONENT WORDS/IMAGES/LOGOS for us to design.

1 - ELECTRONIC FILE

There are 2 options for sending :

• as a JPG which has:

- been set to the lowest compression at 300 dpi

- canvas size equal to the finished advert size

- been saved in either CMYK or RGB.
• as a PDF: Press quality in CMYK or RGB with embedded images and fonts.

FILES CAN BE SENT on CD, DVD, Zip 100 and Zip 250 discs or by email to Nick@sacredhoop.org

2 - HARD COPY

PLEASE SEND YOUR CAMERA-READY ADVERT printed clearly
as this will be scanned by us and converted to digital format.

All such adverts should be :

- the CORRECT SHAPE

- at least TWICE LIFE SIZE

3 - COMPONENT PARTS
PLEASE SEND the WORDS/IMAGES/LOGOs by EMAIL to Nick@sacredhoop.org

PLEASE NOTE: Images must be of a reasonable size and resolution.

This advertising design service is free of charge for simple jobs.

Where the advert is very complex we will contact you and will charge £45 per hour.

We are happy to send you a jpg proof of your advert by email before it goes to print.
1 - ELECTRONIC FILE
There are 2 options for sending :
• as a JPG which has:
- been set to the lowest compression at 300 dpi
- canvas size equal to the finished advert size
- been saved in either CMYK or RGB.
• as a PDF: Press quality in CMYK or RGB with embedded images and fonts.
FILES CAN BE SENT on CD, DVD, Zip 100 and Zip 250 discs or by email to Nick@sacredhoop.org



2 - HARD COPY
PLEASE SEND YOUR CAMERA-READY ADVERT printed clearly
as this will be scanned by us and converted to digital format.
All such adverts should be :
- the CORRECT SHAPE
- at least TWICE LIFE SIZE


3 - COMPONENT PARTS
PLEASE SEND the WORDS/IMAGES/LOGOs by EMAIL to Nick@sacredhoop.org
PLEASE NOTE: Images must be of a reasonable size and resolution.

This advertising design service is free of charge for simple jobs.
Where the advert is very complex we will contact you and will charge £45 per hour.

We are happy to send you a jpg proof of your advert by email before it goes to print.

TO PAY FOR AN ADVERT SECURLY, PLEASE USE THE CART

THE CART WILL ALWAYS READ £0.00

AND NO MONEY WILL BE TAKEN FROM YOUR ACCOUNT AUTOMATICALLY

But by using the cart you will enable us to have access to your card details in a secure way, and we will then use our office card machine to settle your advertising account.