Month: April 2007

Custom Publishing Review: KP’s Partners in Health

Posted dmkalmanPosted in Brand Community Media Process, Brand Community Media Strategy, Custom Media, Custom Publishing, Custom Publishing Review

Colorful and personal Kaiser Permanente (KP) mails a 12-page quarterly newsletter called Partners in Health, offering lifestyle advice and tips for interacting with the KP health system. The piece is unpretentious, colorful, and personal, if unambitious. I recently received the Spring 2007 issue. Printed on a lightweight paper stock, with a simple adhesive binding, the […]

The Business of eBooks

Posted dmkalmanPosted in Brand Community Media Process, Brand Community Media Strategy, Email and Social Media Marketing, Publishing Strategy

eBook basics and business models An eBook is a self-contained electronic publication, typically with pages that simulate a printed book. An eBook may contain text, graphics, hyperlinks, animations, videos, or other multimedia objects. Some eBook technologies include Digital Rights Management (DRM), to protect copyrighted content from unauthorized use. An eBook may be downloaded to a […]