On-demand marketing literature distribution system

A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable by an electronic data processing device to perform a method including:

• selecting a literature on-demand (LOD) item stored in a local LOD database containing content downloaded from an LOD database hosted at a secure server;
• displaying the selected LOD item or causing the selected LOD item to be displayed by a viewer application executing on the electronic data processing device;
• constructing an email including a hyperlink for downloading or streaming the selected LOD item from the LOD database of the secure server;
• and sending the constructed email to a recipient or causing the constructed email to be sent to the recipient by an email application executing on the electronic data processing device.

A literature on-demand (LOD) distribution system comprising:

• a server connected with the Internet and hosting a LOD database storing LOD items, the server configured to:
• connect with authenticated mobile electronic data processing devices via the Internet and download portions or all of the LOD items stored in the LOD database to the authenticated mobile electronic data processing devices via the Internet connection;
• and
• transmit or stream a LOD item to a recipient electronic data processing device via the Internet responsive to receipt of a request for the LOD item by selection of a hyperlink at the recipient's electronic data processing device identifying the LOD item.