OAKSTONE® PUBLISHING — PERSONAL BEST™ CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY
Birmingham, AL, August 6, 2007 — Oakstone Publishing® dba
Personal Best™, a leader in employee wellness publishing and a Haights
Cross Communications company, today announced the publication of its
25th Anniversary issue of “Personal Best Healthlines.” In celebration of
this event, the September 2007 issue will introduce a significant
design upgrade.
“We are celebrating our 25th year of publishing our
award-winning health and wellness newsletter and other acclaimed
wellness products,” said Charles K. Dismuke, Personal Best Publisher.
“Personal Best is proud of supporting the wellness efforts of thousands
of organizations and millions of readers across the U.S. and Canada.
From the inception of a single health newsletter, we now publish seven
monthly periodicals in multiple languages, and offer the broadest
selection of workplace wellness, safety, productivity, shift work, and
personal money management publications in the industry today.”
“Personal Best Healthlines” will feature a new, four-color
design and will be printed on glossy stock. Customers who opt to
customize their newsletters with a logo or company imprint will still
enjoy this feature.
“These upgrades are being provided complimentary to our
subscribers,” said Diane McReynolds, Executive Editor and founder of the
original Personal Best line of wellness publications in 1982. “We are
sharing this 25-year achievement with our many terrific clients. Some
have been subscribers for over a decade, and it is a great pleasure
working with them and seeing their wellness programs grow and succeed.
Thanks to their input, our publications have also succeeded and helped
influence very high industry standards.”
“Personal Best Healthlines” is one of many health and wellness promotion publications available for purchase at www.personalbest.com. (Editors: To receive a digital photo of the new cover design of “Personal Best Healthlines,” send your request to mailto:cherron@oakstonepub.com).
About Oakstone Publishing – Personal Best:
Oakstone
Publishing dba Personal Best is a major publisher of employee wellness
publications, including newsletters, calendars, posters, brochures, and
booklets covering topics related to health and wellness, safety,
productivity, shift work, and personal money management. In 2005,
Oakstone Publishing acquired Scott Publishing and its award winning Personal Best Healthlines employee wellness newsletter. The combined entities’ flagship newsletters, TopHealth, Personal Best Healthlines, and Body Bulletin,
reach more than 1.5 million readers monthly at more than 10,000
organizations across the U.S. and Canada. In 2006, the company
consolidated the combined Oakstone Wellness and Scott Publishing
products and began marketing all of its publications under its Personal
Best brand.
About Haights Cross Communications:
Founded
in 1997 and based in White Plains, NY, Haights Cross is a leading
developer and publisher of products for the kindergarten through twelfth
grade, or K-12, supplemental education, library, and medical education
markets. Haights Cross imprints include: Sundance/Newbridge Educational
Publishing (Northborough, MA), Triumph Learning (New York, NY), Buckle
Down Publishing (Iowa City, IA), Options Publishing (Merrimack, NH),
Recorded Books (Prince Frederick, MD), and Oakstone Publishing
(Birmingham, AL). For more information visit www.haightscross.com.
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