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Please forward this page to people you know at medical institutions and pharmaceutical companies.
Thank you,
BSK

The Amedeo Textbook Awards create free medical textbooks (see web site). These textbooks are produced by members of the Amedeo Community, a group of more than 80,000 people who subscribe to the weekly Amedeo newsletter. Due to the concise content of the newsletters - long lists of "Author, Title, Journal, Volume, Page" plus links to abstracts (see example) - subscribers to Amedeo are typically clinicians and researchers working at the frontline of medicine.

Immediately after publication, the free books are globally distributed by our main web sites, in particular Amedeo, Free Medical Journals, and FreeBooks4Doctors. Previous experience shows that top-quality textbooks achieve a wide distribution - 50,000 downloads in two months (see graph) and up to 100,000 downloads in one year. There is no doubt that these books contribute to the improvement of medical care.

It has been my mission for 20 years to publish free medical textbooks, in particular 15 editions of HIV Medicine (818 pp) between 1991 and 2007, and Influenza Report (225 pp). In 2006, I privately funded the first Amedeo Award for a textbook on tuberculosis (687 pages). Two years later, I paved the way for financing a textbook on hepatology (501 pages). A third textbook on malaria is now on its way.

The list of desirable free medical textbooks is long and we will need the contribution of sponsors to finance them. In exchange for sponsoring further Amedeo awards, sponsors will figure prominently on the first inner page of the books (see example). The amount required to create free medical textbooks is moderate:

12,500 Euro for a Quick Guide of 100 to 150 pages

25,000 Euro for a Clinical Guide of 200 to 300 pages

50,000 Euro for Classical Textbook of 400 to 600 pages

To guarantee high-standard textbooks, Amedeo has established stringent procedures for quality control and supports the editors throughout the book production process. A practical guide on medical publishing is available at Free Medical Information (PDF, 94 pages).

In summary, free medical textbooks produced by the Amedeo Community are state-of-the-art publications of outstanding quality. By the combined effect of efficient web promotion and mouth to mouth publicity, these books are rapidly distributed around the world, reaching all those who need information on the subject. In addition, they massively raise awareness about the sponsor's area of expertise. Finally, in terms of medical education, the return on investment is immense.
Bernd Sebastian Kamps
Europe

Hepatology 2009
by Mauss, Berg, Rockstroh, Sarrazin, Wedemeyer, et al.

The 25,000 Euro Amedeo Hepatology Award was funded by Roche and Gilead.

HIV Medicine 2007
by Hoffmann, Rockstroh, and Kamps (Editors)

Tuberculosis 2007
by Palomino, Leão, and Ritacco (Editors), et al.

The 12,500 Euro Amedeo Tuberculosis Award was funded by Patricia Bourcillier and Bernd Sebastian Kamps.

Influenza Report 2006
by Kamps, Hoffmann, and Preiser (Editors)

	Amedeo Textbook Awards Please forward this page to people you know at medical institutions and pharmaceutical companies. Thank you, BSK
	The Amedeo Textbook Awards create free medical textbooks (see web site). These textbooks are produced by members of the Amedeo Community, a group of more than 80,000 people who subscribe to the weekly Amedeo newsletter. Due to the concise content of the newsletters - long lists of "Author, Title, Journal, Volume, Page" plus links to abstracts (see example) - subscribers to Amedeo are typically clinicians and researchers working at the frontline of medicine. Immediately after publication, the free books are globally distributed by our main web sites, in particular Amedeo, Free Medical Journals, and FreeBooks4Doctors. Previous experience shows that top-quality textbooks achieve a wide distribution - 50,000 downloads in two months (see graph) and up to 100,000 downloads in one year. There is no doubt that these books contribute to the improvement of medical care. It has been my mission for 20 years to publish free medical textbooks, in particular 15 editions of HIV Medicine (818 pp) between 1991 and 2007, and Influenza Report (225 pp). In 2006, I privately funded the first Amedeo Award for a textbook on tuberculosis (687 pages). Two years later, I paved the way for financing a textbook on hepatology (501 pages). A third textbook on malaria is now on its way. The list of desirable free medical textbooks is long and we will need the contribution of sponsors to finance them. In exchange for sponsoring further Amedeo awards, sponsors will figure prominently on the first inner page of the books (see example). The amount required to create free medical textbooks is moderate: 12,500 Euro for a Quick Guide of 100 to 150 pages 25,000 Euro for a Clinical Guide of 200 to 300 pages 50,000 Euro for Classical Textbook of 400 to 600 pages To guarantee high-standard textbooks, Amedeo has established stringent procedures for quality control and supports the editors throughout the book production process. A practical guide on medical publishing is available at Free Medical Information (PDF, 94 pages). In summary, free medical textbooks produced by the Amedeo Community are state-of-the-art publications of outstanding quality. By the combined effect of efficient web promotion and mouth to mouth publicity, these books are rapidly distributed around the world, reaching all those who need information on the subject. In addition, they massively raise awareness about the sponsor's area of expertise. Finally, in terms of medical education, the return on investment is immense. Bernd Sebastian Kamps Europe		Hepatology 2009 by Mauss, Berg, Rockstroh, Sarrazin, Wedemeyer, et al. The 25,000 Euro Amedeo Hepatology Award was funded by Roche and Gilead. HIV Medicine 2007 by Hoffmann, Rockstroh, and Kamps (Editors)		Tuberculosis 2007 by Palomino, Leão, and Ritacco (Editors), et al. The 12,500 Euro Amedeo Tuberculosis Award was funded by Patricia Bourcillier and Bernd Sebastian Kamps. Influenza Report 2006 by Kamps, Hoffmann, and Preiser (Editors)