Advertising with ABR

Frequency: 10 times per year
Publication date: first of the month

Readership: 15,000

*with 5 mm bleed
Please supply print-ready PDFs.

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Rates
Download our media kit for full rates and specifications or request via email.

Dimensions (mm)
Full page* 210 (w) x 270 (h)
1/2 vertical 85 (w) x 226 (h)
1/2 horizontal 175 (w) x 110 (h) 1/4 vertical 85 (w) x 110 (h)
1/3 horizontal 175 (w) x 74 (h) 1/6 vertical 85 (w) x 74 (h) 1/6 horizontal 175 (w) x 35 (h)

Inserts
Loose inserts only: $300 per thousand copies for inserts less than 30 grams to be delivered to our mail house, Mailing Advantage, by 22nd of month prior to publication.

Deadlines
Booking: 10th of the month prior to publication.
Material: 15th of the month prior to publication.

Cover artwork is required by 12th of the month.

For all advertising enquiries, contact Rebecca Starford on: (03) 9429 6700 or by e-mail: abr@vicnet.net.au

Prices include GST and are current at April 2006.
Prices do NOT include Agency Booking Fees.

Conditions:
ABR reserves the right to refuse to publish any material considered unsuitable for inclusion in the magazine. No responsibility will be taken for delayed publication due to outside factors, such as printing or shipping. Advertiser's cancellations should be made by the booking date of the month prior to publication, bookings cancelled after this date will be charged the full advertising fee. Payment for booking is strictly 30 days net, unless otherwise arranged with ABR.

What our current advertisers are saying about ABR:

‘Black Inc. has been a proud advertiser with Australian Book Review for over two years. Our non-fiction list and high-profile journal Quarterly Essay have obvious appeal for ABR readers — intelligent, informed and educated fans of wonderful writing in all its forms. Advertising has increased our subscription across titles and also attracted other media attention for our list.’
Sophy Williams, Managing Director, Black Inc.

‘Advertising with ABR allows us to put our latest releases in front of educated readers on a regular basis. It is an important part of our marketing mix.’
Adam Ford, Academic Sales & Marketing Controller, Cambridge University Press

‘Advertising in ABR enables us to make an impact with those at the core of Australia’s literary and intellectual life.’
Emily Harms, Marketing Manager, Readings Books & Music

‘Australian Book Review is both well-respected and admired, and as advertisers, that rubs off on us. Through advertising in ABR we feel we are able to reach a market that is interested in quality Australian books.’
Taressa Brennan, Marketing & Publicity Manager, UQP

‘We have been advertising with ABR for many years and it has been an invaluable outlet for promoting our titles, raising our profile and reaching a large and discerning audience of booksellers and readers.’
Gabriella Sterio, Marketing Manager, UNSW Press

ABR covers a broad range of genres including politics, history, biography, memoir, Aboriginal studies, sociology, law, fiction, poetry, art, economics and children's books. There are ten issues per year (December/January and June/July are combined).

Our readership
ABR has a strong subscriber base, made up of individuals, libraries (university, school, corporate and public), university departments, and much of the Australian literary community. Our subscribers are widely distributed nationally and we also have an overseas readership. ABR is also sold at selected bookshops and newsagencies.