Community Guide & Business Directory | The Connecticut Shoreline

    • Ad Sizes (inches), Width x Height
    • Full Page Non-Bleed, 7 x 10
    • Full Page Bleed, 8.25 x 11
    • Full Page Bleed (Trim Size), 8 x 10.75
    • Full Page Bleed (Live Area), 7.625 x 10.375
    • Bleed ads: Please allow .125" bleed on all sides and keep live matter .375" from all trim edges. Full page, non-bleed ads will hae 1/2" border when trimmed.
    • 2/3 Page Vertical, 4.625 x 10
    • 2/3 Page Horizontal, 7 x 7.375
    • 1/2 Page Vertical, 4.625 x 7
    • 1/2 Page Horizontal, 7 x 4.875
    • 1/3 Page Vertical, 2.25 x 10
    • 1/3 Page Horizontal, 7 x 3.25
    • 1/3 Page Square, 4.625 x 4.875
    • 1/4 Page Vertical, 2.25 x 7.5
    • 1/4 Page Horizontal, 7 x 2.375
    • 1/6 Page Vertical, 2.25 x 4.825
    • 1/6 Page Horizontal, 4.625 x 2.375
    • 1/12 Page, 2.25 x 2.375
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    • Printing is 4-color (CYMK) process, digital, direct-to-plate, heat offset web, 150-line screen, white coated stock.
    • We accept digital files created using: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat PDFs.
      Adobe PDF Settings: Hi-res PDF for press: Press Quality, All fonts embedded
    • Photos must be 300 dpi minimum and maximum! Line art should be 600 dpi.
      We cannot accept artwork directly from your website. 72 dpi is not an acceptable resolution.
    • Convert all PMS colors to CMYK.
    • Include all font files and artwork in file
    • Submit files via email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    • For assistance please call 860-658-2626 or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Steve Walsh and son Dan Walsh

From the Publisher

Supporting our community means buying local.

With this year’s publication of our 21st Shoreline Book, we step into our third decade of connecting Shoreline residents to local businesses and encouraging them to become regular patrons. It’s our primary mission, now that on-line purchasing and big box stores have made it increasingly difficult for small, locally owned enterprises of all kinds to compete. Indeed, we take pride in declaring that goal on the front page of all our directories with the words Connecting Local Residents with Local Businesses to Better Our Community…Buy Local – Find it Here.

Toward that same end, we are offering newly customized advertising packages created specifically to make appearing in The Shoreline Book even more worthwhile for our advertisers. These packages include:

Read full article: From the Publisher