Between 1998 and 2010, the little magazine, Fossil News: The Journal of Avocational Paleontology, was published monthly for a diverse and enthusiastic base of international subscribers, including amateur and paraprofessional fossil collectors, fossil preparators and dealers, and paleontologists and other scientists, many of whom also contributed articles, photographs, art work, and fossil tips to the magazine.
After a long hiatus, Fossil News magazine returns this Spring under new editorship!
We’re convinced there’s never been a greater need for well-written, reliable, high-quality information for amateur and paraprofessional fossil enthusiasts – and that’s where Fossil News comes in. Each 52-56-page, full-color quarterly issue is chock full of national and international news from the world of vertebrate and invertebrate paleontology, advice for amateur and paraprofessional fossil collectors, paleoart & fossil photography, original book reviews, updates on important issues in paleontology and related fields, and much more.
The Spring 2016 issue (on sale March 21) includes:
- a photo-essay on fossil radiolarians and other microfossils from a master photomicrographer
- an account of the discovery of the world’s first fossil ambergris in Italy
- a review/discussion of the Emmy-award-winning TV mini-series, Your Inner Fish
- a field trip report on bat (and other rare fossils) from the Green River Formation of Wyoming
- Dean Lomax’s exciting account of identifying a new species of ichthyosaur — in the storeroom of his hometown museum
- reviews of new books and literature
- and much more.
The “new” Fossil News will be available in print-only. That means we can offer our subscribers original material by knowledgeable writers and accomplished artists that they can’t simply find on the internet. Meanwhile, Fossil News will continue and expand partnerships with professionals, seasoned nonprofessionals, and casual collectors to make Fossil News both entertaining and useful as a source of information for the avocational paleontologist.
What to do with Fossil News:
- Subscribe!Annual subscriptions currently cost $48/year (domestic), and that price remains good through March 21. After that, subscriptions will increase to $50/year. Subscribers to Fossil News receive an automatic 10% discount off our already low display advertising rates. And classified ads are always free to subscribers.
- Advertise! For a paleoart, fossil, gem, mineral or other fossil-related business, it’s hard to imagine a more targeted group than Fossil Newssubscribers. They collect fossils, go to fossil shows, buy fossil-related merchandise, visit fossil quarries and parks, and use gem- and fossil-related equipment and supplies.... We keep our advertising rates low because it’s the right way to treat our colleagues.
- Write! Fossil Newsis always looking for articles, features on your favorite fossil, book reviews, field-trip reports, descriptions of your research, essays on questions that interest you. Contact us and tell us what you’d like to write – or pass this information on to your students, friends, and colleagues.
- Sell! If you have a store or museum shop, Fossil Newsis an eye-grabbing 52-56-page quarterly full of attractive, original content. To help you and your clients become acquainted with Fossil News, we’re making this special offer: We’ll send you copies of the Spring 2016 issue of Fossil News at our cost, with no markup, for you to resell. If you and your customers like them and you think they’ll sell in future, we’ll negotiate a price for subsequent issues that’s fair to both of us.
For complete subscription and discount information, please see http://fourcatspress.com/fossilnews -- or write us with any questions.
Wendell Ricketts
Editor & Publisher
Fossil News: The Journal of Avocational Paleontology
