Editorial Invitations
Upcoming Feature Stories:
MAY 2008
• Plush
• Construction
Toys
• Arts & Crafts
JUNE 2008
• Licensing Show Preview
•
Spotlight on European Toys
• Back-to-school Merchandise
• Puzzles
•
Skill-building Toys
To submit new products for consideration in any of the above feature stories, please email high resolution images* and corresponding product information to us at toyfairitems@reedbusiness.com. Please include the name of the feature story you are submitting product for in the subject line of the email. While we endeavor to include as many products as possible or which fit the particular focus of a story, we cannot guarantee any submitted product will be included in our final story.
Deadlines
The editorial submission
deadline for all issues of Playthings, except for the February Toy Fair
issue, is the 1st of the month prior to the issue's release. (Ex: April 1 for
the May issue)
Departments
Playthings' monthly
department pages (i.e. 'Upfront') include coverage of toy industry trends
and exclusive interviews with particularly timely/newsworthy companies and
individuals spanning the children's entertainment businesses. In addition, we
run ongoing product coverage of niche areas of the market on an ongoing basis,
including:
• Children's Books ('Upfront: Bookshelf')
• Audio, DVDs
and Video Games ('Upfront: Multimedia')
We are also
always interested in story ideas in areas such as:
• Retailing/merchandising successes ('Upfront: Retail')
• Opinion pieces from industry members on issues they feel emotional about
('Upfront: At Issue')
• 'How to' stories designed to
improve any area of the toy business (Upfront: 'Minding Your Business')
• Licensing and
new properties of note. ('Upfront: Licensing')
If you have a story idea, or if you are a toy, hobby or children's entertainment industry professional who would like to contribute a bylined article to our magazine, contact Cliff Annicelli (cannicelli@reedbusiness.com), Playthings' editor, to discuss your idea.
IMAGE SPECS:
Resolution: 300 dpi or
above
File format: .jpg, .tif, or .eps (preferably for
PC)
Dimensions: 4' x 4' or
greater
Preferences: 'Beauty' shots of product out of
packaging. Without children. Preferably of product taken against a
WHITE background. None of these aesthetic preferences are mandatory, but meeting
them significantly increases the chance we would use your product image in
print.