The Australian Geologist - Geological Society of Australia

Publishing Details
The Australian Geologist
52 | TAG December 2006 Background Information
GENERAL NOTE
The Australian Geologist is a quarterly magazine-style newsletter which
includes society news, conference details, special reports, feature articles, book
reviews and other items of interest to Earth scientists. Each issue has a long
shelf-life and is read by more than 3000 geologists, geophysicists,
palaeontologists, hydrologists, geochemists, cartographers and geoscience
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educators from Australia and around the world.
Schedule and Deadlines for 2006 / 2007
I SSUE C OPY F INISHED ART I NSERTS
March 2007 31 January 10 February 17 March
June 2007 30 April 10 May 17 May
September 2007 31 July 10 August 17 August
December 2007 31 October 10 November 17 November
Artwork
Finished art should be supplied electronically via Email (if attachments, total
to less than 2Mb), floppy disk, zip disk or CD in either MAC or PC versions of
QuarkXpress, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe PhotoShop. EPS or TIFF.
Note that Word files are not classed as finished art – if artwork cannot be
supplied in any of the preferred formats listed above, an additional typesetting
fee will be charged. Do not embed logos, illustrations etc in Word Documents.
All logos (800 dpi) and images (300 dpi) must be supplied in JPEG, EPS or TIFF
format. All fonts, logos and images which appear in your advert should be
included as separate files. Please also include a hard copy. Unfinished art to be
provided for the advertising material by the copy deadline. Disks will be
returned upon request only. You are welcome to contact the Geological Society
of Australia for more information or to discuss other options.
Advertising Rates and Sizes
Full colour advertising is available for inside-front and inside-back covers as
well as the middle spread. Advance bookings are essential for colour
advertising. Spot colour for other pages is available on request. Basic rates
quoted are for finished art supplied in one of the file formats specified below. BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE
Discount rates apply where the same artwork is run in two issues within a
calendar year. Where typesetting is required, only one typesetting fee is
charged for multiple advertisements. Please note that an additional 10% GST
applies to all advertising.
D ETAILS 1 ISSUE 2 ISSUES T YPESETTING EDITORIAL MATTERS
Full Page 250mm deep x 180mm wide (Type area)
Colour $1,350 $1,280 $57
Black and White $750 $703 $57
1/2 Page 125mm x 180mm (Horizontal) or 250mm x 88mm (Vertical)
Colour $675 $640 $47
Black and White $375 $350 $47
1/3 Page (Banner) 80mm x 180mm
Black and White $180 $320 $42
1/4 Page 120mm x 88mm
Black and White $180 $170 $35
1/4 Column (Business Card) – 60mm x 88mm
Black and White $92 $87 $17
INSERTS (as supplied) PER ISSUE PER ISSUE
A4 size $1,285 $1,180
Colour Advertorials or Feature Articles
Three to four page colour advertorials are accepted at a negotiable cost. It is
requested however that these articles have a geological theme.
Black and White Advertorials
Cost negotiable.
Contact Sue Fletcher, Business Manager
Geological Society of Australia Inc
Suite 706, 301 George Street Sydney NSW 2000
Tel: 02 9290 2194 Fax: (02) 9290 2198 Email: info@gsa.org.au
The Australian Geologist is published by the Geological Society of
Australia Inc four times a year, March, June, September and December.
The Publication is copyright by the GSA Inc unless specifically stated
otherwise. However, material in this issue may be photocopied by individuals
for research or classroom use. Permission is also granted to use
short articles, quotes, figures, tables, etc, for publication in scientific
books and journals or in other scientific newsletters provided acknowledgement
is made. For permission for any other use or publication of
longer articles please contact the Honorary Editor.
Every effort has been made to trace and acknowledge copyright
holders of material in this publication. If any rights have been omitted,
apologies are offered.
The Geological Society of Australia Inc is a learned Society. The
Australian Geologist is published by the Geological Society of Australia
Inc, to provide information for the members and a forum for the
expression of their professional interests and opinions. Observations,
interpretations and opinions published herein are the responsibility of
the contributors and are not necessarily supported by the Geological
Society of Australia Inc or the Hon Editor.
While the Hon Editor and the Geological Society of Australia Inc
have taken all reasonable precautions and made all reasonable efforts
to ensure the accuracy of material contained in this publication the
aforesaid make no warranties, expressed or implied with respect to any
of the material contained herein.
Advertising/Membership: All business enquiries and correspondence
relating to advertising space, inserts and/or subscription matters,
should be addressed to the Business Manager of the Society.
Contributions: All editorial enquiries regarding contributions should be
addressed to the Hon Editor. Articles, letters, notes, etc, for The
Australian Geologist (TAG) from any member of the Society are
welcomed.
Contributions are preferred as email. MS WORD documents for PC
(or compatible) are the preferred file attachment. Photos, maps, etc,
should be submitted as separate files and saved as either a .tif .pdf or
.jpg at a resolution greater than 300 dpi. If contributors produce a
file greater than 3MB it would be appreciated if they could be copied
to CD and forwarded to the Hon Editor. Short clearly typed
contributions (up to ~1000 words) are accepted, should a member be
unable to send an email. The editor reserves the right to reject, revise
and change text editorially.
Photographs: Cover photograph submissions should preferably be
digital taken at a resolution greater than 300dpi. Web resolution
images and colour prints (unless exceptional) are not of sufficient
quality for full colour printing.
Colour transparencies are also acceptable. Photographs for articles
may be prints, slides or digital images; they may be black and white
and colour.