Paper Catalog for Customers

Appear in our newly designed catalog. Up to 200,000 sent out each year!

Paper Catalog #96

Download the Latest Issue

Paper Catalog Issue #97 was mailed to customers in April, and is available to download now in PDF format:

Executive Summary

  • Up to 200,000 catalogs per year
  • Distributed in the US & Europe
  • Quarterly to match your releases
  • Reach all our best customers
  • The most cost effective global dev & IT pro market print advertising
  • Inserted with major US magazines: MSDN & SD Times
  • The Best cross-border dev & IT pro print advertising in Europe
  • Inserted with major magazines in: France & Germany

Introduction

The ComponentSource Paper Catalog is published in full color four times a year with an annual circulation of up to 200,000 worldwide. The catalog is sent out to ComponentSource customers in North America and Europe each quarter, giving you the best print ad product marketing for the software development tools and software components market sector.

Our New Design

The ComponentSource Paper Catalog has an all new design and format. The new catalog is approximately iPad Mini landscape format in size, which offers a smoother transition to on-screen viewing on monitors and tablets. We have invested in a much higher quality paper throughout, along with perfect binding to give the new catalog a premium feel. We are using larger type with a clearer typeface to improve readability.

Product Pages and Adverts

Enterprise Partners and Corporate Partners now benefit from their advert pages appearing facing their product pages. Product pages now include the brand logo and a stripe of the brand color, to tie in with the product Web pages. To bridge the gap between the printed page and the Web, every product page now features a QR code to take readers directly to the relevant product page on our Web site. Product pages have an enhanced focus on business function, with three highlighted business function to illustrate and describe the product's core functional areas. This content will also be used to promote your product in targeted Web adverts for the product on our Web site:

Catalog page and Web adverts
A Paper Catalog product page, and a product advert on our Web site using the same content.

Upcoming Issues & Booking Information

Issue # Insertion Order Deadline Materials Deadline Mailing Date Booking Form
Issue #97 February 13, 2017 February 15, 2017 April 2017

Issue closed
and mailed out

Issue #98 May 12, 2017 May 15, 2017 July 2017 Download

Please Note: The deadlines for inclusion in future Paper Catalog Issues are shown above. To reserve your place in these issues, please download the relevant Booking Form below, complete the form, sign it and fax it to: +1 770 250 6199. Artwork and materials are to be submitted by the materials deadline date above and emailed to publishers@componentsource.com.

How do you get your Products in the Catalog?

Publishers in our Enterprise Partner and Corporate Partner tiers are entitled to appear in the Paper Catalog. Partners in lower program tiers may opt to purchase a Paper Catalog Advertising Bundle - see below.

Enterprise Partner

  • 2 x Product Pages (based on our page design, each featuring your chosen product & 3 x function highlights)
  • 2 x Advert Pages (full page adverts of your own design)

Corporate Partner

  • 1 x Product Page (based on our page design, featuring your chosen product & 3 x function highlights)
  • 1 x Advert Page (a full page advert of your own design)

Professional Partner & Author

Partners in the Professional Partner and Author tiers do not automatically appear in the Paper Catalog as part of their marketing benefits, but may choose to purchase a product advert - see the prices below.

Advertising Fees

Paper Catalog Advertising Bundles - for one issue of the catalog Price
Additional Product Page + Advert Page Bundle (for Enterprise Partners) $3,600
Additional Product Page + Advert Page Bundle (for Corporate Partners) $4,200
Product Page + Advert Page Bundle (for Professional Partners) $4,800
Product Page + Advert Page Bundle (for Authors) $5,400
Product Page + Advert Page Bundle (for Publishers) $6,000
Product Page + Advert Page Bundle (for Non CS Publishers) $15,000
Individual Product Pages - for one issue of the catalog (Advert Pages not included) Price
Product Page only (for Professional Partners) $2,400
Product Page only (for Authors) $2,700
Product Page only (for Publishers) $3,000
Product Page only (for Non CS Publishers) $7,500
Special Positions - only available to Enterprise and Corporate Partners Price
Outside Front Cover (artwork created in partnership with ComponentSource) $6,000**
Inside Front Cover + Facing Page (Double Page Advert Spread) $9,600**
Inside Back Cover - Full Page Advert $4,800**
Outside Back Cover - Full Page Advert $5,400**

** Special Position Adverts are only available to Enterprise & Corporate Partners with no additional discounts offered.

Special Position Availability

Issue # Front Cover Inside Front Cover
& Facing Page
Inside Back Cover
& Facing Page
Back Cover
97 - Apr 2017 No No No No
98 - Jul 2017 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Advert Specifications

The ComponentSource Paper Catalog uses the ISO A5 landscape paper size, with the following page dimensions:

  Bleed Trim Safe Area
Width: 81/2″ (216.4mm) 81/4″ (210.0mm) 73/4″ (197.4mm)
Height: 61/16″ (154.4mm) 513/16″ (148.0mm) 57/16″ (138.6mm)

Please supply your artwork in a fully layered (i.e. not flattened) PSD, AI or PDF format. Advert Templates are available for you to download:

Download Adobe Photoshop Template (.PSD)  Download Adobe Illustrator Template (.AI)

Catalog Template

Brand Logo Specifications

To ensure the highest print quality on product pages, we require a high quality brand logo. This should ideally be in a vector-based format (e.g. AI or SVG), or failing that a raster format (e.g. PNG) at least 800px wide.