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Notes From the Road

Date: August 8th, 2005 |

I’ve been a big fan of Erik Gauger’s Notes from the Road for over a year now. His website is a stunning tribute to “Travel in City and Country”, beautifully designed with fantastic photography. The backdrop landscapes to each page of his online stories can truly transport the reader to another place.
According to Erik, [read more]

Friday Roundup

Date: July 15th, 2005 |

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TGIF! I’ve gathered an assortment of this week’s travel publishing news from around the web, to keep you clicking through the weekend…
~ Wheeler and Wisner share opposing opinions on the value of travel guidebooks (via The Long Trip Home)
~ Gridskipper on The Fodor Supremacy
~ Catch Frank Bures’ World Hum interview with Experimental Travel author Joel [read more]

Summer Travel MP3CDs

Date: July 11th, 2005 |

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The Sunday Times had an article on The Sounds of Summer this past weekend. I thought the idea of having Matt Dillion read Jack Kerouac’s On the Road sounded interesting….
“Dillon gives the impression that he’s coming at the text (all 10 hours, 15 minutes) in a blind, flying leap, but this rough-and-ready approach, in all [read more]

Asian Tourism Mags Article

Date: May 17th, 2005 |

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Here’s an interesting article from the just released Columbia Journalism New York Review of Magazines:
Paradise Lost - How Asian tourism magazines survived in the wake of the tsunami (PDF)
Author Emily Waltz spoke with editors from three Asian travel mags (Phuket Magazine, DestinAsian and Farang Untamed Travel) about the challenges they faced and the strategies [read more]

Food Blogger Does Travel Writing

Date: April 21st, 2005 |

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I scan several food blogs on a regular basis to keep up with what and where to eat when I’m traveling, and to gather great recipes from around the globe. Although I don’t do much French cooking, I always read Clotilde Dusoulier’s Chocolate & Zucchini out of Paris. She announced today that she has an [read more]

Golf and Travel Writing, a Perspective on the Current State

Date: July 19th, 2005 |

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Tim McDonald discusses his take on the state of travel writing in the Golf industry. Is it objective? Is it possible to be objective when those who write about it might also be marketing pros?
“ING writing awards spotlight what’s wrong with media, travel writing”
Like the Gemini that I am, I see both sides. Yes, we [read more]

BiblioTravel

Date: July 14th, 2005 |

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If you didn’t find what you were looking for on the Summer Reading List, then give BiblioTravel a whirl — maybe you’ll discover the perfect book to take you away…
BiblioTravel was created by two librarians to provide a free online resource for identifying stories that are set in distinct locales. As of yesterday, it had [read more]

PLANET looking for intern

Date: June 14th, 2005 |

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I’m a big fan of internships. I was the first intern at Travelers’ Tales and learned heaps about publishing from all angles. It’s a great way to take a look at a business that you have an interest in when you are a little deficient on the experience side, or if you just don’t know [read more]

Latitudes Mag

Date: May 3rd, 2005 |

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I have to echo Erik’s post at Gadling to check out Latitudes Mag, tag line: Travel Attitudes.
It’s more travel experience than travel narrative, but a very creative twist on the traditional travel magazine, with visuals and sound that literally take you there. Described as “Magazine for Broadband”, the site requires flash and may take [read more]

Boldtype

Date: April 19th, 2005 |

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Boldtype (formerly a web-based literary magazine) used to be a part of Random House, but was reinvented by Flavorpill Productions and relaunched in late 2003 as an email-based review. Each month they highlight a short list of books worth reading.
The April 2005 issue is out and the theme is Cities. Non-fiction reviews include books about [read more]