Advertising

JOMSA ADVERTISING RATES

15 September 2010

Calendar Year 2010 – 2011 Program

Point of Contact

The OMSA Advertising Manager is the Point of Contact for all matters pertaining to ads in JOMSA.  Send all inquires and payment for ads directly to Advertising Manager

Melvin D. Mueller, U.S.A.  (Click for email)

Ad Copy Information

Send completed ad copy/art work to JOMSA Editor:  Richard A. Flory,  Post Office Box 120,  Chico, CA  95927-0120.  

(Please Note:  Ad copy should be sent as .jpg;  .tif; or .pdf  files.  Do not send display ads as MS Word files).

Advertising Deadlines

Please Note:   All classified and display ad copy must be received by the JOMSA Editor in California in order to appear in a particular issue.  Issue deadlines are as follows:

Advertising Rates and Sizes*

Classified Ads (OMSA Members Only)           $  10.00 per each six line unit or fraction thereof.

*Prices are subject to change without notice.

Special Instructions
 

The Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America is published six times per year.

The Journal is mailed during the last week of the first month of each bimonthly issue; i.e. on the last week of January for the January-February  issue. etc.  Advertisers of time-sensitive  material should take the mailing schedule into consideration.  The Society takes no responsibility for late receipt of issues caused by  U.S. Postal Service delays.  Note:  Recent U.S. Postal rate Increases have necessitated a minimum of rate sheet changes.

Classified ads can only be submitted by OMSA members and should be submitted to the Advertising Manager.  Ads over the twelve line limit will be computed at display ad rates.

All ads should be submitted in .jpeg; .tif; or .pdf  files.  (please do not send ads as MS Word files) as email attachments or by snail mail on DVDs or CDs.

All ads must have a minimum of 300 dpi resolution at publication size.

All ads must fit within the dimensions shown under ‘Advertising Rates and Sizes’ above.

All position ads are available on a first-come, first served basis.  Some position ads through 2011 are totally sold out.  Orders for year 2011 position ads will not be accepted until September 2010.

All ads must be prepaid in U.S. dollars.  Checks and money orders are to be made payable to the Orders and Medals Society of America.  All International checks and money orders must have a U.S. Federal Reserve Bank routing number.  Payments may also be made by VISA or Master Card.   AMEX; Discover and Debit Cards will not be accepted.    For local or international buyers who wish to pay via Wire Transfer or “Pay Pal”; please contact the ad manager for specific individual instructions.

*English Advertisers please note:  The A4 paper is longer than U.S. Letter size and will not properly fit the JOMSA page format.

Copy Services (Please coordinate all copy services with the JOMSA Editor)

In order to assist advertisers, the JOMSA Editor will provide the following services at the costs enumerated to advertisers requiring assistance in copy preparation.

Ad layout-Design and layout the ad using customer photo and text.  Price includes one photo scan. Requires customer approval prior to publication.

                                     Full Page - $65.00, Half Page $45.00

Convert hardcopy ad to digital – Price includes one photo scan.  Requires customer approval prior to publication.  Full Page - $45.00,  Half Page - $25.00

Photo scan - $15.00 each.

Clients using these services who request it will be provided a DVD disk containing their ad.  

Advertiser Obligations and Buyer Complaints

1.  By submitting an advertisement for publication in JOMSA, an advertiser agrees to be bound by OMSA’s Code of Ethics in all transactions with OMSA members

2.  Advertisers agree to disclose if anything they are selling is a Reproduction or Copy. 

The Society assumes no legal responsibility with respect to goods offered by or purchased from advertisers.  Nor can the Society undertake the often difficult and always time consuming task of arbitrating differences between buyers and sellers.  However, by placing an ad in the Journal, advertisers agree to provide a full refund to buyers within forty-five days from the date of purchase upon presentation of a reasonable claim that ODMR purchased was not as stated in the ad.  The Society will investigate any claim of failure to make a prompt refund of such goods.