Obviously, you must use good judgement when deciding what posts go in the issue and which ones are left behind. This takes a considerable amount of your time. What you are doing is collecting posts to the list and compiling them into a digest format. You can expect newer or smaller lists to publish a digest of posts on a monthly basis. Later, you publish weekly issues as traffic picks up.
All parties benefit from the discussion lists.
Subscribers get interesting information and the opportunity to participate in a global conversation via email without spam, junk or flaming wars. You charge your client for the time it takes you. I strongly recommended you estimate this amount and contract for a minimum time frame of six or twelve months. Without spending thousands, your client provides valuable interactivity to prospective customers, expanding the business. Member Benefits PPN has carefully begun a benefits program for members only.