NEW Ameraucana Handbook

[Suki]

sorry.  i went to the opthamalogist today and got bad news.  i'm out.

[Russ Blair]

John if you can wait a week or two for payment I would take a half page add. If you can use my Black Bantam that won at Nationals I would prefer it in color. If not just black and white is fine. Just put breeder of Ameraucana LF and Bantam, with my information off breeders directory. If you can put a caption by the black bantam stating "2015 National Champion" that would be cool. Just use your imagination, I will be happy with whatever you come up with. Like I said I would have to pay in a week or two, local mill closed down so I just bought a ton of feed.

[John W Blehm]

Russ,

Since all the ads so far are in color, I would like to do them all that way.  A 1/4 ad is $75 and 1/2 page is $140.  Just let me know for sure the ad size and we can wait a couple weeks on the payment.

Thanks,

[Russ Blair]

Put me down for half page add John.

[Gina Neta]

John if it isn't too late I will take a 1/4 page ad......let me know.  You can use same info as the ad you used for me for the APA dealio.  😄  THANK YOU!!

[John W Blehm]

OK, Gina.

[Suki]

Can non-members apply for an ad?

[John W Blehm]

Can non-members apply for an ad?

All depends on who they are what they are promoting.  Ameraucana and chicken related items are what ads are about in the Ameraucana Handbook, as with the previous editions I published.  I avoid commercial hatcheries, even though they offer poultry supplies, I believe since most also offer Easter Eggers as Ameraucanas their ads wouldn't be appropriate.

[John W Blehm]

sorry.  i went to the opthamalogist today and got bad news.  i'm out.

How bad?

[John W Blehm]

Thanks to all those that bought ads in our Ameraucana Handbook! 

Egg Cartons.com
Backyard Poultry
Foy's Pet Supplies
Critter-Cages
Russ Blair
American Bantam Association
Mike Gilbert
Max Strawn
Royce Van Blaricome
Gina Neta
Fowl Stuff

[Suki]

Looks swell.  Does it mean that the book is paid for?

[John W Blehm]

Looks swell.  Does it mean that the book is paid for?

I don't know what the cost will be for printing, collating, stapling and trimming yet.  The printer the did the last one doesn't do it anymore and the one before that went out of business.  Hopefully the ads will cover the cost.  Now I need to get busy laying it out and then get some quotes.
Last time I planned on doing 300 handbooks and the costs were more than covered, so the other board members upped it to 500.  The problem with printing so many is that some information gets kind of dated by the time they are all used.  That is one reason starting with the last Handbook I omitted listing current officers.

[Suki]

I think current data is more important than number.  How long did it take to sell 500 copies?

[John W Blehm]

I think current data is more important than number.  How long did it take to sell 500 copies?

Current data like that is in the quarterly newsletters and the Handbooks aren't the same as Yearbooks.
Most go to each new, first time, member, so I'm sure they are still handing them out, since I just printed them two years ago.

updated 4/6/16 from "are" to "the Handbooks aren't the same as Yearbooks"

[Suki]

No John, I did not mean that kinda current data but current as to the information included and/or the people and their varieties noted.  Sorry about that.