American Bungalow is published for enthusiasts of the Arts and Crafts style and homes built in the early-20th century. It offers information on preservation, building new homes and restoration, and feature articles on furnishings, history, collectibles and the lifestyle that the Arts and Crafts home affords.

Serving the fastest growing and potentially largest segment of the old house restoration movement, American Bungalow caters to homeowners, restorers, architects, contractors and designers.

Download a detailed, printable PDF versions of our Advertising Rates, Specifications, and Schedule 2008.

Here's a sample of what advertisers are saying...

"We always get a good response from American Bungalow. We're still getting responses from old ads." - Heather Cole, Bradbury and Bradbury, Benicia, CA	"American Bungalow has been a great fit with our Arts and Crafts tile line. The circulation reaches just the right audience demographic. The magazine layout is beauitful and the articles are insightful." -Ron Williamson, Meredith Collection, Canton, OH
"We regularly advertise with American Bungalow. It's the only magazine that gets real response." -Ron VanOstrand, VanOstrand Metal Studio, Holland, NY	"The American Bungalow ads have been phenomenal for us" - William Morris, William Morris Studio, Benicia, CA
"We have advertised with American Bungalow for many years. We frequently heard from clients that they first heard about us from an ad in American Bungalow. Our specialized product is very well-suited to American Bungalow's readers, and I plan to continue advertising with them for a long time to come." - Steve Moon, Tile Restoration Center, Seattle, WA	"We're always promoting American Bungalow to everybody. We always have a copy with us...American Bungalow is on the tips of so many clients' tongues who visit our exhibits as well as those who call us after seeing our ad and then visiting our website. We're very pleased to be part of this periodical." -Christie Schorf-Miller, Mission Guild Studio, Mount Vision, NY

"Thanks to American Bungalow, we get lots of calls from the airport with travelers looking for directions to our store. Nearly all of our out-of-town and out-of-state business comes to us from our American Bungalow ads. We've also found out that many area residents subscribe to your magazine, which helps boost our local advertising. Thanks for a great publication!" - Kate & Ed Sultan, Modern Bungalow, Denver, CO

Magazine Schedule

American Bungalow publishes quarterly. Please call 888.BUNGALOW (888-286-4256) or email advertise@ambungalow.com for commitment and artwork due dates.

Magazine Specifications & Ad Rates

Payment Terms
Net due 30 days from date of invoice.

Cancellations:
Or changes in insertion orders cannot be accepted after closing date. A previously run ad will be inserted for contract advertisers whose new ad materials are not received by closing date.

Additional Ad Charges:
Ad alterations, revisions, consultation or blueline charges: $50/Hour.

Supplied digital ad materials will be returned if a SASE is prvided.

Professional drum scan of transparency: $60.

Digital ads forwarded on cd or ftp/email: $25 plus any shipping. Ads will be archived for 12 months only.

DIGITAL GUIDELINES

American Bungalow is produced on Apple Macintoshes using QuarkXpress 4.11.
All submitted files must be in digital format. Supplier of advertising must take total responsibility
for checking the quality and integrity of their files before submission.

• PDF - Preferred file format-from Adobe Acrobat
  PRESS-OPTIMIZED/PRESS QUALITY PDF files using Adobe Acrobat Distiller 4.0 and your postscript file. With Adobe Acrobat Distiller 6.0 use the PDF/x-1a:2001 preset. To create a pdf from Indesign, please download this guideline.
  
  
  
• QUARKXPRESS 4.11 - 6.0 - Native files, all fonts and images collected. Or a PDF file, see above. Please collect all support files and fonts. We recommend using Preflight or Flightcheck software to troubleshoot your files and completely collect them for output. Only use process cmyk colors and and be very specific if in naming new colors, do not give generic names like New Color. Check Usage under Utilities menu to check your fonts and pictures used. Do not rename font suitcases and make sure suitcases have all the screen versions used and the printer versions to accompany them. Do not style your fonts using the font styling attribute box, use only the exact print versions you own. Truetype fonts are accepted, but are not as stable as postscript fonts.
  
  
• ILLUSTRATOR OR FREEHAND - Save your file as a cmyk EPS file. Please make certain your fonts are outlined and images embedded, and save your file as an EPS file.
  

• INDESIGN - Collect all images and fonts, or send a PDF made per our guidelines, see PDF, above.
  
  WE DO NOT ACCEPT: Word, Powerpoint, Corel Draw, film, Pagemaker files, PDF files not made using Acrobat.Questions regarding your ad: setje@ambungalow.com

Helpful Tips

• Scanned Images
  Must be 300 dpi and in CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black). If your scan is left at RGB (red, green, blue) -- a format used mostly for web display -- your image will print, but with an unattractive greenish cast. BW line art that is scanned should be of a very high resolution, as high as most scanners will scan (1200 dpi) to get the best quality scan. Any BW images that show levels of gray tones should be scanned in grayscale mode; 300 dpi is fine.

• Choosing Color
  Since all monitors and inkjet printers are not precisely color calibrated, your desktop color proof will most likely not be as precise as a digital proof from a service bureau or the matchprint from the final film. When choosing spot or process colors in your layout, refer to the Pantone Color books (see your local art store or see pantone.com) that depict color chips on paper and give the most accurate description of how your colors will look printed. All colors chosen must be set to be separate as process colors (CMYK), with no spot color left in the files.

• Use of Black in Layout Programs
  Be careful when mixing black backgrounds. In Photoshop, if you add a four-color black (100% cyan, 100% magenta, 100% yellow, 100% black) to part of your image and later import that image into QuarkXpress or Illustrator, and you use a regular 100% solid black from you layout program, the blacks will not resemble each other when the ad goes to film. You will see the Photoshop black appear much richer than your layout black. This may not be apparent on an inkjet printer, but will appear as a mistake in a digital matchprint and in print.

• Digital Transfer Media
  Digital files may be sent on Mac and PC floppy disks, 100 and 250MB zip disks, 1 M jaz disks and on CD. Small files can be emailed, they need to be under 3M, and can be compressed using the Mac Stuffitt program or the PC compression .zip. However, all e-mailed files must have the correct BW or color proof sent in to check accuracy along with the Ad Checklist.

General Policies
Digital Ad Checklists must be submitted with each digital ad file. Without a checklist, American Bungalow will not be held responsible for any discrepancies that may occur.

American Bungalow cannot be responsible for any ommisions or copy errors in submitted digital ads. It is advisable to proof carefully before submitting your ad.

Media will be returned if a prepaid shipping envelope, with return address clearly indicated, is supplied. Media will be returne after the issue is published.

Digital ads and film will be held for 12 months, then purged from the database unless advised otherwise in writing by the advertiser.

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