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ASIAN CARDIOVASCULAR & THORACIC ANNALS
ADVERTISER INFORMATION

GENERAL
ESTABLISHED:
March 1993

PUBLISHER:
Asia Publishing Exchange Ltd

FREQUENCY:
Bimonthly

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:
David Lik-Ching Cheung, MD
 

BUSINESS OFFICE:
Asia Publishing Exchange Ltd
4A Fu Wing Building
18 Pottinger Street, Central
Hong Kong, China

Tel: +852 2541 5521
Fax: +852 2815 4811
Email: info@asiapex.com

ABSTRACTED/INDEXED:
MEDLINE (Index Medicus) &
EMBASE (Excerpta Medica)

OFFICIAL JOURNAL:

ascvslogo.gif (17376 bytes) The Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (ASCVTS)

OTHER AFFILIATIONS:

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Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia (ATCVSA)
ACCEPTANCE OF ADVERTISING:
All advertisements are subject to review and approval by the publisher.

POLICY ON PLACEMENT OF ADVERTISING:
Advertising is placed inside the front cover, inside the back cover, on the back cover, preceding and following the editorial pages, and in the classifieds section. The publisher reserves the right to place two or more fractional units on a page.

EDITORIAL-ADVERTISING RATIO:
Approx 76:24

COPY APPROVAL:
All new and revised advertisements are subject to approval by the publisher. The advertiser is entirely responsible for advertisements conforming to governmental regulations. Copy for new and revised advertisements should be sent at least 10 days prior to the closing date. Notification of nonacceptance will be given within 10 working days upon receipt of the advertisements. Advertisements for nonprofessional products or services may be accepted at the discretion of the publisher.

ARTICLE REPRINTS:
Please contact the publisher for quotations.

The ASIAN ANNALS is available online at CTSNet
(http://asianannals.ctsnetjournals.org).

RATES
 
Effective September 2007
  1 TIME 2 TIMES 4 TIMES 6 TIMES
Full Page        
   Full Color (CYMK) $ 2,480 (USD) $ 2,370 (USD) $ 2,255 (USD) $ 1,880 (USD)
   B&W $ 1,395 (USD) $ 1,285 (USD) $ 1,170 (USD) $ 880 (USD)
Half Page        
   Full Color (CYMK) $ 1,343 (USD) $ 1,278 (USD) $ 1,213 (USD) $ 910 (USD)
   B&W $ 800 (USD) $ 735 (USD) $ 670 (USD) $ 440 (USD)
ADDITIONAL RATE FOR COVER & PREFERRED POSITION:

Inside Front Cover $ 1,395 (USD)
Facing Page to Inside FC $ 1,395 (USD)
Inside Back Cover $ 1,395 (USD)
Back Cover $ 1,395 (USD)
Facing Page to Editorial $ 500 (USD)
Right Hand Side Page
Just Before/After
Table of Content
$ 300 (USD)
Other Right Hand Side Page $ 200 (USD)

* Please call for other preferred position rates.
* The publisher reserves the right to determine
what advertising may be acceptable for special
positioning.

BLEED:
No charge for bleed.

 

CLASSIFIED RATES:
Black and white ¼ page: $ 295 (USD)

 

OTHERS:
* Flyer Insertion
* Tips Cover On

Please contact the publisher for quotation.

 

PAYMENT TERMS:
All payments to be made in favor of Asia Publishing Exchange Ltd.. within 30 days of invoice date.

CLOSING DATES

PUBLICATION  

MONTH SPACE BOOKING DEADLINE FOR AD MATERIALS
Vol 16 No 1 February 2008 October 15, 2007 November 02, 2007
Vol 16 No 2 April 2008 December 03, 2007 December 10, 2007
Vol 16 No 3 June 2008 February 22, 2008 March 03, 2008
Vol 16 No 4 August 2008 April 25, 2008 May 02, 2008
Vol 16 No 5 October 2008 June 23, 2008 July 03, 2008
Vol 16 No 6 December 2008 August 25, 2008 September 05, 2008

All confirmed orders must be accompanied by insertion orders. The advertiser and/or its agency will be jointly responsible for payment on both the space booked/reserved.  No cancellation for any cover and/or preferred position(s).  10% penalty applied.

MECHANICAL REQUIREMENTS
PAGE SIZES (NON BLEED):
 
Trim Size 8.25" x 11"
½ Horizontal 6.5" x 4.65"
Classified Ad 3" x 4.65"

BLEED PLATE:
8.5" x 11.25" which includes a 0.125" trim from top, bottom, gutter and outside. Keep live matter 0.5" inside trim.

HALFTONES:
133-150

DENSITIES:
SWOP standard

PAPER AND BINDING:
85 gsm environmental-friendly coated stock inside pages and 230 gsm environmental-friendly coated stock cover. Perfect bound.

DISPOSAL OF FURNISHED MATERIAL:
All films, match proof, and camera-ready artwork will be held for one year from date publication, and then destroyed unless other disposition is requested prior to insertion order.

FILM:
Please provide emulsion side down, positive film with clearly marked register, center, and trim marks indicating the proper color on each positive. Send progressive match proof with each color advertisement and a velox with each black and white advertisement. Color rotation is process black, blue (cyan), red (magenta) and yellow.

PRE-PRESS READY PDF:
All films must be accompanied with a CD-Rom containing the electronic artwork of the ad design in maximum highest resolution PDF, with all fonts embedded, at least 300 dpi for images and illustrations, CYMK for color and greyscale for black and white.

INSERTION ORDERS & ADVERTISING MATERIAL:
A purchase/insertion order duly signed by the appropriate authorized person is required for all confirmed placements. Please fax or mail to Asia Publishing Exchange Ltd..

A payment deposit of 50% is required for all orders placed by any advertising agency. Please mail check together with the films, proofs, CD-Rom and insertion/purchase order.