Why Hire The Magazine Factory? SAVINGS: The Magazine Factory offers a cost effective alternative to hiring and employing in-house designers, graphic artists and production staff. Our fixed price-per-page rate allows you to budget and project your expenses with confidence. We may save you half or even more of the cost of producing your magazines, catalogs, or newsletters in-house. Nowadays, with escalating printing, paper, postage and payroll costs, independent publishers need a break! Hiring The Magazine Factory puts more money in your profits column! DEPENDABILITY: The Magazine Factory never gets sick, takes “time off”, comes in late, or makes excuses why the job isn’t staying on deadline. Dependability is our hallmark and we’ve not missed a printing deadline in 25 years. We are 100% dedicated to one goal - getting your job completed to the highest quality, on time, hassle-free. No excuses needed. The Magazine Factory relieves you of all production concerns. QUALITY: Image is everything, and we know that you have a brand and a reputation to build and maintain. The Magazine Factory employs selected graphics and design professionals to produce the highest quality layouts, with clean and creative compositions, type usage, and image manipulation. We make you look good! How Does This Work? What You Do: You provide us with the raw text and editorial created by your editors and writers, along with photographs and other images to be used in the next issue. If this is a new publication and has not yet been designed, or an existing title that requires a redesign, The Magazine Factory will consult with the publisher as to the desired look and feel of the environment, the target audience, the type of advertisers expected, etc., and create a fresh, new look that conveys your message perfectly. Advertising materials may be forwarded from you to us, or provided directly from the advertisers. What We Do: The Magazine Factory will take your content and produce the digital artwork for your magazine on the latest Macintosh hardware. As we design and build the issue, we keep an eye open to obvious typos, context errors, grammatical errors, etc. If there is ever a question regarding content, we will alert you or your editor to the potential problem and follow the directions given. We place ads as specified with regards to reserved position, or if no specified position, we place them where they will look best in the editorial environment and gain the most exposure for the advertiser. We traffic the ads for you, assuring none are missed and all are placed correctly. We have interfaced with advertisers for 25 years and represent your publication with integrity and professionalism. When complete, we create low-resolution PDF proofs for your inspection and corrections. Upon final corrections, the high-resolution file is uploaded to your printer, or to the recipient of your choice. We interface with your printer in the event there are any questions regarding the digital files. Finally, we maintain a digital archive of each issue for one year, for your convenience. Is Location an Issue? The Magazine Factory is physically located in Los Angeles County. However, we are as close and convenient as your own computer, with the use of modern broadband and FTP technology. We can work together as if we were next door to you, and to your printer. While email is convenient for quick communication, we’re not hesitant to pick up the phone and speak with you directly and immediately to keep the workflow seamless and efficient. We provide a personal touch and are always there when you need us! Additional Services: The Magazine Factory can provide professional proofing service for your manuscripts to prevent embarrassing misspellings and grammatical errors from getting into print. The owners have over 25 years of success in all aspects of magazine publishing, and can also provide consulting to publishers on a wide range of topics. These include marketing, circulation, distribution, newsstand, editorial, and selecting the most competitive and appropriate printer for your specific project, which can save you thousands of dollars each issue.