Service Directory Ads (Business Card)
.  1/8 Page Horizontal
 3-1/2” x 2”
 $ 75  
Classified Ads
.  Column width 2-1/4”
 Per Line (3 line minimum)  
 $ 6  
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For small companies, retailers and mail-order distributors, a 4-time color ad in Sprout
Magazine’s Green Marketplace is a cost-effective way to reach consumers interested in
natural lifestyles. You get exposure, consistency and repetition: the three prerequisites
for successful advertising.
Four insertions of your 2-1/4” by 2-1/4” color ad in the Green Marketplace section of
Sprout Magazine costs just $250. Four insertions (one year) is the minimum contract,
the full amount must be prepaid by the advertising deadline for the first insertion,
production of your ad is included in this price, and no copy changes are allowed.
Color Charges: Green Marketplace ad prices include 4 color
Advertising Deadlines
Issue
2009
 Space Reservation
Deadline
 Artwork Due
 Publication
Date
Spring
 February 27
 March 6
 March 15
Summer
 May 22
 June 5
 June 15
Autumn
 August 21
 September 4
 September 15
Winter  
 November 27
 December 4
 December 15
Advertising Specifications
Mechanical Requirements:
Digital Copy:  Advertising copy should be sent electronically in TIF, PSD or PDF
format via e-mail to: ads@sproutmagazine.com
Full page and cover ads are best in PDF format (in press format with fonts
embedded). Trim size is 8-1/8 inches by 10-5/8 inches. Bleeds are not permitted.
For best results, resolution should be at least 150 dpi. Artwork with color must be
in CMYK format.
Hard Copy:  Cover ads and full-page ads can be supplied as film (right reading
emulsion side down). Half-tones for ads should be screened at 100 lines (for
premium newsprint stock).
Hard copy ads of less than full-page will only be accepted if they are of the correct
size, do not contain photos or any screens and are in PMT format or are laser (not
ink jet) printed.
All hard copy ads (including film) will be subject to a minimum production charge
for film work, scanning, etc. (half-hour minimum).          

We can create ads based on rough layout provided by the advertiser. If logos,
photos or other graphics are to be included, they must be provided in camera-ready
format (see above) or digital. Faxed ad copy is not camera-ready, nor are ads
provided in word processing software formats (i.e. Microsoft Word).
Advertising Rates, Dates & Specifications
Ad Position
 Size Specs
 Black Ink
 Color
.   Outside Back Cover
 7“ X 9-3/4“
  not available  
 $ 600  
.  Inside Covers
 7“ X 9-3/4“
 500  
 600  
.  Full Page (ROP)
 7“ X 9-3/8”
 500  
 600  
.  1/2 Page Island  
 4-5/8“ X 6-1/4“
 300  
 350  
.  1/2 Page Horizontal
 7“ X 4-3/4”
 300  
 350  
.  1/3 Page Vertical
 2-1/4“ X 9-3/8”
 200  
 250  
.  1/3 Page Horizontal
 3-1/8“ X 7”
 200  
 250  
.  1/4 Page Vertical
 3-1/2“ X 4-5/8”
 150  
 200  
.  1/4 Page Horizontal
 7“ X 2-1/4”
 150  
 200  
.  1/6 Page Horizontal
 4-5/8” X 2-1/4”
 115  
 130  
.  1/6 Page Vertical
 2-1/4” X 4-5/8”
 115  
 130  
.  1/12 Page (Square)
 2-1/4” X 2-1/4”
 50  
 75  
Display Ads
Frequency discount for 4 insertions (1 year): 10% if paid in advance of publication
The Green Marketplace   1/12 pg    4 insertions
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