This may not be so much of use to writers, but good news for editors looking to fill assignments. Global Travel Writers, which is an alliance of Austrailian Writers and photographers, have just redesigned their website to make it far more user friendly for editors and publishers. Visitors can now read on-line synopsis of features […]
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Caption and Win: Are You The Next Condé Nast Traveler?
That’s exactly what the pro’s are asking you! In celebration of it’s 20th Anniversary, Condé Nast Traveler has launched the Condé Nast Traveler Dream Trip Competition, where you could win a US$20,000 trip, custom-made by you! What you have to do: All you have to do to enter, is upload a photo from one of […]
» Read more...Self-Publishing: Baby Steps
An earlier post with Gina Trapani’s wisdom on turning your blog into a successful book was very insightful. Because she has done it herself, she is a success story we can all take invaluable tips from, should we want our blog, or any sort of writing for that matter, to turn into a well-selling book. […]
» Read more...MapQuest Publishing
According to this USA Today article, MapQuest announced the formation of MapQuest Publishing, which will produce travel guidebooks, along with a series of atlases and laminated street maps. Their affinity travel guides are tailored to interests like auto racing, campgrounds and college searches. Publishers Weekly has more on this move back to books: MapQuest, which […]
» Read more...HarperCollins: Publisher Branding
Ok, I'll admit it, I didn't know that HarperCollins started author tours. And I have never even heard of Jane Friedman. But considering how big I am on author events, tours, and book publicity in general— I was happy to read this article. Michael Crichton? He’s Just the Author” by Edward Wyatt, New York Times […]
» Read more...SF Chronicle Book Review
It's kind of funny that I was in the Travelers’ Tales office working all day today and didn’t even know that we were written up in the San Francisco Chronicle Book Review. Heidi Benson did a terrific recap of the event for A Sense of Place. Go check it out on SFGate.com. “Travel writers tell […]
» Read more...Greenline Publications’ Fun Seeker’s Series
Have you guys ever heard of Greenline Publications? They are a small travel publisher based in San Francisco. I only recently heard of them when they had a job posting out for a Managing Editor. But I didn’t apply because the timing wasn’t right. Well, it looks like they’re moving full speed ahead with their […]
» Read more...Rough Guides Directions
Rough Guides has released a new line of city guides called Directions. Here’s a description from their press release. “DIRECTIONS are an original alternative for visitors on a short break, travellers in a hurry or weekenders who want a quick fix with attitude. Full of the detailed research you’d expect from a Rough Guide but […]
» Read more...Big Bad Penguin
I was cruising Boing Boing today because I heard they had a post on a new OREILLY magazine called Make. But I was happy to get sidetracked with this other story: Penguin Putnam’s racketeering domain-name scam It seems that the big dogs are hounding some woman over a domain name, Katie.com, that she has owned […]
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