Upcoming Guidebook Writing Boot Camps

By Abha | October 11th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Viva Travel Guide Books is holding a couple of week-long guidebook/travel writing crash courses over the next few months. They’re looking to train a select group of writers to be... [Read this entry]

Free New eBook: Comprehensive Travel-Writing Tips

By Abha | September 21st, 2007 | 2 Comments »

“If you are currently scribbling for free or can’t seem to move on from writing low paid SEO articles, this book will put you on the write track…”
And also... [Read this entry]

Best Travel Books Of All Time

By Abha | September 3rd, 2007 | 7 Comments »

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 this entry]

Lonely Planet’s Pick & Mix

By Nicholas | August 24th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

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... [Read this entry]

Write for Lonely Planet…

By Abha | August 9th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

…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... [Read this entry]

Interview with Mike Gerrard

By Nicholas | July 17th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Britan’s Mike Gerrard is one of the world’s most prolific guidebook writers and has been one of the lucky few to have a steady career in travel writing. He was... [Read this entry]

Symphony space Travel Tales

By Nicholas | June 24th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Symphony Space was kind enough to send us a copy of their new Travel Tales compact disc collection so I thought I’d share it with everyone.
The collection is made... [Read this entry]

Wow Wow Wee Waa; Borat to pen Travel Guide

By Nicholas | June 15th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

As the author to a few guidebooks, maybe I should be somewhat offended by this, but for some reason I want to buy it. Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev (AKA British... [Read this entry]

How Traveling Made Her a Writer…

By Abha | June 3rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Check out a great interview on Gadling with founder or Seal Press Barbara Sjoholm. The interview has been done by our very own Kelly Amabile, and is in the context... [Read this entry]

US Launch Tour: Lonely Planet Books

By Abha | May 25th, 2007 | 1 Comment »