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Rolf Potts Has a New Yahoo Travel Column

Date: March 7th, 2006 |

Rolf Potts likes to shit.
Well, who doesn’t. But I just wanted to say that as I was laughing at the opening of his latest work. Rolf just launched a new travel column with Yahoo! Yahooooooooo! It’s called Traveling Light: The Art of Independent Travel. His first piece was about saying good bye [read more]

In Big Bar with Travel Writing Greats

Date: March 1st, 2006 |

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On Saturday night after the New York Times Travel Show ended, a group of travel writers met for drinks. On this night, inspiration crashed with experience. Some of the writers to note were:
Don George from Lonely Planet, Lonely Planet’s Guide to Travel Writing
David Farley of Travelers’ Tales Prague, Gotham Writers Workshop, his website.
Jessie Sholl of [read more]

Lea Aschkenas at Get Lost Tonight!

Date: February 2nd, 2006 |

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Speaking of Get Lost, there’s going to be a great Cuba event there tonight!
ES CUBA: During her ten months in Cuba, Lea Aschkenas fell in love with the country and, then, one of its compatriots. In her new book, Es Cuba: Life and Love on an Illegal Island she documents the contradictions, isolation and [read more]

USA Today: Top Travel Jobs

Date: January 20th, 2006 |

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Big congrats to our friend Don George who was interviewed today in USA Today!
Jayne Clark wrote a bunch of articles addressing the employment ins and outs of those lucky few with great travel jobs.
Top travel jobs: Been there, reported that gets personal with Don George, Global Travel Editor of Lonely Planet.

Top travel jobs: Nothing escapes [read more]

A Million Little Pieces Revealed

Date: January 10th, 2006 |

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If you love the literary world, you must keep on top of the Book Standard. Today they had an article that caught my crime loving eye…Hiding and Lying: Two Authors Exposed
I don’t know about you, but this makes me WANT to read the book even more. Because I live in a cave, I hadn’t even [read more]

Perceptive Travel March/April Issue

Date: March 3rd, 2006 |

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The new issue of Tim Leffel’s travel lit ezine, Perceptive Travel, is here.
Featured authors this month include:
David Farley The Coast of Bohemia
Jeff Greenwald Bringing Coral Reefs Back from the Dead
Joseph Gelfer I Remember Adlestrop
Bruce Northam Be Nice to Strangers
Josh Berman Nothing to Achieve
If you have any interest in the collections of Best Travel Writing that [read more]

NYT Travel Show: The First Prague Book Sale

Date: February 27th, 2006 |

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One of the highlights of the New York Times Travel Show, was being witness to David Farley and Jessie Sholl’s genuine excitement at the sight, sale, and signing of their new book Travelers’ Tales Prague. I’ve been with Travelers’ Tales since book three, India, and Prague is sure to be in the 100+ count. I’ve [read more]

Amazon Connect Launches Today

Date: February 1st, 2006 |

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Amazon.com is launching an ingenious feature today.
Amazon Connect allows authors to post messages (or blog) to their audience from their book pages. Here’s my page so you can see what it looks like. Or maybe you’d rather read what John Lithgow has to say. Or, Ben Mezrich, who wrote Bringing Down the House. And don’t [read more]

Corporate Canaries: A Die Hard Author

Date: January 18th, 2006 |

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I just read the entire article, “A Word (Or Two, Or Three) About Persistence” by Lucas Conley. If you are in the process of promoting your book, it’d be good for you to read it, too.
And I used the word “entire” not because it is long, but because Lucas kept me interested the whole piece, [read more]

Drew Barrymore Wants to Be a Travel Writer

Date: January 7th, 2006 |

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If Drew Barrymore wants to be a travel writer, then she should have at it! We’re always saying it’s not rocket science, and she certainly has the bankroll to do it. I mean, hey, she’s one person who could afford to quit her day job to travel and write for a while. I foundDrew Barrymore [read more]