Condé Nast Traveler has just come out with a list of 86 Best Travel Books Of All Time, and I am absolutely ashamed and embarrassed to admit that I have read none of them (NONE OF THEM!!), and was only familiar with a handful. *Sigh* Condé Nast Traveler asked 45 of it’s favorite writers to […]
» Read more...Year: 2007
The Beginning Of Travel-Publishing?
Ever wondered when the travel-publishing industry began, in what form, by whom, how, and with what intention? Honestly, I never did until I came across this piece on an exhibition that is displaying a set of Europe’s first printed travel images and maps from the Middle Ages and Renaissance period. In those days, traveling to […]
» Read more...Hidden Europe
Summer is almost over here in Madrid. People are starting to get back to work and not wearing shorts anymore. Other than a zillion visitors (aka sangria and more sangria) throughout summer, I haven’t really done much other than urrr…ummm…browse the Internet. See, it is part of my job you know 🙂 Anyway, I repeatedly […]
» Read more...Lonely Planet’s Pick & Mix
Guidebooks in PDF format have been around for awhile and I’ve never found them much of use. I have a couple of guides from various publishers stuck in a folder somewhere on my computer that I never go into. But now Lonely Planet has announced that they have Pick & Mix chapters availiable for download […]
» Read more...Vagabonding Calls For Bloggers
One of my favourite websites Vagablogging is looking for a few more writers to keep it’s site ripe. Rolf is a personal inspiration of mine, and so his is blog that is now written by a handful of great people. If you are interested in writing for them send an email to rolf[at]rolfpotts.com and Henry […]
» Read more...Market Leads: World Hum, Avalon, Budget Travel
I’ve got a slew of market leads today and whoever is interested should act fast, as I get the feeling these will go quick. World Hum: World Hum has announced that they are looking for regular bloggers and contributors for their feature columns. They have also announced that they now officially begin pay at $100 […]
» Read more...Market Leads: Backpacker and Urban Daddy
Here are a couple of market leads I think a few of you might be interested in: Backpacker Magazine Looking for: Paid Map Intern for their Boulder, Colorado office Who can: Write, edit, fact-check copy, upate the website, edit maps and GPS data Qualifications: strong writing, editing, research and project management skills. Basic GPS, map […]
» Read more...Gridskipper Looking For NYC Intern…
…for some sort of research initiative. Honestly, it doesn’t matter – it’s Gridskipper and the opportunity is to jump on. All you need: – blogging experience – to live in NYC Work is only a few hours a week, and you will get some sort of payment for it. Send your details, best qualities, and […]
» Read more...Building a Travel Website
I’ve been thinking lately how I can be more web savvy and prepared for the future of travel writing, hence I’ve decided to begin devoting more time to creating my own website. There are a number of great guidebook writers that have turned to the web, and from what I can tell they are doing […]
» Read more...Write for Lonely Planet…
…on FACEBOOK. Yes, oh my goodness – everyones on it! It seems to be invading the Internet by becoming this super informative portal where you can interact with anyone and everyone you’ve wanted to. I wonder how long this fad will last. Anyway, coming to the point: I might have caught on to this LP […]
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