Ads must be PAID IN ADVANCE of issue deadline. Checks, payable to NAWCC MART, must be drawn on a U.S. bank, payable in U.S. dollars. MasterCard, Visa, Discover, and American Express accepted. Please include number and expiration date. Any alterations made by the printer to display ads will be billed at our cost. Any ads received without payment will be held but not published until payment is received. Any excess payment will be refunded, by request, after the MART has been published.

AD PLACEMENT

We cannot guarantee ad placement but will do our best to accommodate your requests.

DEADLINES

The deadline is the first of the month prior to the month of issue. The MART is issued six times per year: February, April, June, August, October, and December. (See schedule.)

GENERAL RULES

• All ads shall be strictly descriptive and confined to the buying, selling, or trading of horological items only.
• All ads must contain the member’s name.
• All ads MUST be PAID IN ADVANCE.
• Ads shall not contain any member’s picture or picture of member’s place of business, and must not encourage the scrapping of timepieces.
• If an advertised item is not available at Mart issue due date, the ad must state when it will be available.
• Unless other arrangements are made at the time of sale, advertisers must provide an unconditional return privilege for five (5) business days after receipt of merchandise. Buyer must notify seller and immediately return merchandise in as-received condition, paying return postage and insurance if necessary.
• No hand-lettered display ads will be accepted.
• Advertisements will be accepted from active members only.
• NAWCC Regional ads must include the following disclaimer: “The NAWCC, its officers and members and the ‘name of regional’ are not responsible for any  loss, injury, or tort during this meeting.”

SUBMITTING DISPLAY ADS

We accept Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher, Adobe Illustrator, Quark XPress, or CorelDraw files. Send separate images if they are not embedded in the layout files. Send unusual fonts if from a PC platform. PDF files are acceptable if fonts and images are embedded in the PDF file. We accept ads on 1.44 MB diskettes, CDs, or by e-mail (see instructions below).

1. If the ad is text only—Please send Microsoft Word (.doc, or .rft), Adobe Illustrator (.ai or .eps), CorelDraw (.cdr), or Quark XPress (.qxd) files.

2. If the ad is text with photography—The text should be laid out using one of the above programs. Photographs may be scanned at 300 dpi actual size and placed in the ad. The scanned image file should be sent along with the document file. We prefer .jpg or .tif file formats. If you do not scan in your photograph the layout should indicate where to place the photo and the photograph should be sent in separately. Do not convert the photograph to a halftone prior to sending it to us.

3. If the ad is text with black line art—The text should be laid out using one of the above programs (in item 1). Line art can be scanned at 1000 dpi and imported into your text file or sent to us as hardcopy and we will place it within your file. The hardcopy of the line art should be at least 600 dpi laser quality.

All files should be sent in with a laser printout and a list of the fonts used. All imported or linked image files should be sent. We use the PC platform. We can work with MAC files but fonts may be substituted. We cannot accept output from digital cameras unless the resolution is equal to 300 dpi at actual print size. When submitting files via e-mail, a hardcopy of your file submissions, sent via USPS or fax (717-684-0878) , is very helpful to ensure accuracy.

If you are unable to submit a file in the above graphics formats, the following is acceptable:

Laser printouts incorporating line art with text. The printout must have a resolution of at least 300 dpi, preferable 600 dpi. Hardcopy of scanned photographs is not acceptable if output is from a laser printer. If you incorporate photographs in your camera-ready submission please mark placement of photographs on the hardcopy and send the photographs separately.

E-MAIL INSTRUCTIONS

Please do not e-mail files larger than 3 megabytes in one e-mail. The e-mail address is: mart@nawcc.org.

When submitting files via e-mail, a hardcopy of your file submissions, sent via USPS or fax, is very helpful to ensure accuracy.