RICHLAUR MEDIA . . . resort publications and marketing tools for resort merchants

RICHLAUR MEDIA is an digital media company that loves to travel! As a result, we're launching six "Beach Blanket Puzzle Books" in the following markets:

• Ogunquit, ME
• Kennebunkport, ME
• Higgins Beach, ME
• Mystic, CT
• Watch Hill, RI
• St. John, V.I.

After fifteen years of award-winning interactive multimedia development, we're switching gears a bit as we venture into the world of print media. But given our love of photography and fluency in Web publishing, and finally our possession of thousands of premium quality crossword, Sudoku, cryptogram and word jumble puzzles, the idea of creating a series of Beach Blanket Puzzle Books struck us as a rewarding way to commercially package all of these assets.

The first six books represent a test seeding into six resort markets. Assuming all goes well there, then we'd like to expand into additional areas. Perhaps more importantly, we're studying the logistics of adding local merchant advertising to future editions of the books and/or creating free puzzle-based beach magazines that will dramatically expand advertising exposure.