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Lonely Planet’s Pick & Mix

Date: August 24th, 2007 |

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 [read more]

The World’s Best Mexican Beach Resorts

Date: July 30th, 2007 |

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I love the Travel Channel, but The World’s Best Mexican Travel Resorts was actually the title of a show that I caught the other day. Oddly enough, all of the resorts featured were [read more]

New Perceptive Travel

Date: July 5th, 2007 |

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Perceptive Travel has released its latest issue, July/August. The ezine is published by World’s Cheapest Destinations author Tim Leffel and features the work of travel (and other) writers with at least one book in print. For those of you who haven’t seen it yet, check it out. There’s a great piece by Bruce Northam, “Sobering [read more]

Wow Wow Wee Waa; Borat to pen Travel Guide

Date: June 15th, 2007 |

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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 comedian Sacha Baron Cohen), has inked a deal with Flying Dolphin Press, an imprint of Random House Inc.’s Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group, to write a [read more]

How Traveling Made Her a Writer…

Date: June 3rd, 2007 |

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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 of one of Barbara’s latest books “Incognito Street: How Traveling Made Me A Writer”.
The interview is inspiring and full of bits of advice and useful [read more]

Write for Lonely Planet…

Date: August 9th, 2007 |

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…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 Facebook group [read more]

Guardian’s Weekly Top 10 Travel Blogs

Date: July 24th, 2007 |

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So the Guardian has a new travel-blog spy on board - Benji Lanyado. Looks like the Guardian is diverting new focus to the blogosphere, and this dude is doing the honours.
He is not a typical reviewer though - hard to please and not afraid to say what he thinks. So he doesn’t rave about every [read more]

Symphony space Travel Tales

Date: June 24th, 2007 |

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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 up of short travel clips (the combined total of the 6 stories is just three hours on three total discs). Other than the full length [read more]

Call From National Press Club For Travel Writers

Date: June 5th, 2007 |

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If you are an editor, photographer, a writer, trying to be a writer, or whatever, as long as you are waddling in the travel-publishing industry, and want to share your experiences with a crowd who will listen to what you have to say, this opportunity may be yours.
The event is being sponsored by the National [read more]

Written Road at the Bloggers Choice Awards

Date: June 1st, 2007 |

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So we have been nominated - thanks Taylor, you rock!
Friends, readers, bloggers, writers and travellers: we have one vote.
So, if this blog has meant anything to you, ever, please go vo [read more]

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