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Category: Advertising
Ad Building
Best Buys Guide provides complete custom ad design service free of charge for any clients who advertise in our magazine. Our talented team of graphic designers have decades of combined experience in the newspaper and magazine publishing industry. Their expertise is unmatched in designing the perfect ad that is both eye-catching and appropriate for your particular business. Ads are created with the client in mind, with the goal of standing out not only from other publications, but also from each other within our own magazine, to deliver an advertisement that jumps out from all others.
Ad Submission
The preferred program for building ads to be published in Best Buys Guide is Adobe InDesign on the Macintosh platform. However, other programs can be used as well. The most important thing is the exported file can be imported into our workflow for production in our magazine. When building ads for our publication, a few simple rules need to be followed:
- Ad size must conform to the set dimensions. Please refer to the spec sheet below for ad dimensions. Over/under-sized ads or those out of proportion will need to be adjusted at our discretion to fit the book.
- Art and photographs need to be 300 dpi (dots per inch) and 4-color process (CMYK). Best Buys Guide cannot be held responsible for the final results if files require adjustment.
- The minimum size for copy or text is 6 points to be readable. Anything below that may need to be resized.
- All linked files and fonts used must be included.
- Common sense and other rules of etiquette need to be adhered to. If you have any questions, please ask your Sales Representative.
If you plan on designing your own ad, we have InDesign, PhotoShop, and Illustrator templates for building all ad sizes which you can download here. If you have any questions, please contact the Art Department at artdept@bestbuysguide.com.
To download template files, click on the link of an ad size below.
IMPORTANT – Please download the “Read-Me-Page Building Guide” below for instructions.
| Full Page Templates | Spread Templates | Half Page Templates |
| Quarter Page Templates | Front Cover Templates | Back Cover Templates |
| Back Cover Inkjet Templates | DAL Templates | Peek-A-Boo Inserts |
To download the spec sheet, right click the image below and select “Save Image As.”
Distribution Map
Best Buys Guide is delivered monthly to the areas below. If you would like to inquire about advertising, please click here!
Download Distribution Map [PDF]
Schedule | In-Home Dates
Year: 2024
| ISSUE MONTH | IN HOME | RESERVE BY | COPY DEADLINE |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | January 4 | December 11 | December 22 |
| February | February 1 | January 8 | January 19 |
| March | March 1 | February 5 | February 16 |
| April | April 4 | March 11 | March 22 |
| May | May 2 | April 8 | April 19 |
| June | June 1 | May 6 | May 17 |
| July | July 5 | June 10 | June 21 |
| August | August 1 | July 10 | July 21 |
| September | September 5 | August 12 | August 23 |
| October | October 3 | September 9 | September 20 |
| November | November 1 | October 7 | October 18 |
| December | December 5 | November 11 | November 22 |