Guide book
Summary
A guide book is a book for tourists or travelers that provides details about a geographic location, tourist destination, or itinerary. It is the written equivalent of a tour guide. Many travel guides now take the form of travel websites rather than printed books.It will usually include details such as phone numbers, addresses, prices and reviews of hotels and other lodgings, restaurants, and activities. Maps of varying detail are often included. Sometimes historical and cultural information is also provided. Different guide books may focus on different aspects of travel, from adventure travel to relaxation, or be aimed at travelers with larger or smaller travel budgets, or focus on the particular interests and concerns of certain groups such as sexual orientation or dietary restrictions.
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BBC Worldwide sells Lonely Planet at £80m loss
The BBC's governing body has ordered a review of its sale of Lonely Planet, after the corporation's commercial arm disposed of the travel guide business at a "significant financial loss" of £80m.
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BBC Worldwide criticised for sale of Lonely Planet at 'significant loss'
Travel guides sale to US billionaire Brad Kelley for £80m less than originally paid was not good business, says BBC Trust.
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NY Daily News partners with travel guide app start-up MyCityWay in major update of its mobile news app
The New York Daily News has released a new version of its mobile app, partnering with MyCityWay, a NYC start-up that makes mobile travel guide apps.
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Google goes local in the battle for listings
The value of Google's deal to buy the travel guide brand Frommer's may be relatively small, at a reported $23m (£14. 6m), to a giant of the online world.
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Google Buys Frommer's - the Final Nail in the Travel Publishing Coffin?
The acquisition makes a lot of sense and puts further pressure on the ailing travel publishing market. With the proliferation of smartphones, the market for printed travel guides will continue to erode. Meanwhile, reviews on sites like TripAdvisor have become more important than books for many travelers.
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iPad publisher Inkling expands to iPhone
iPad publisher Inkling is bringing its textbooks and cookbooks to the iPhone. (The company’s Frommer’s travel guides are already available for iPhone. ) The books sync across devices and users can download one chapter at a time so they don’t take up too much space on their phones.
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BBC Worldwide writes down value of Lonely Planet by £16.1m
BBC's commercial arm sees book brand plummet to £22. 6m in value, less than a fifth of the £130m outlayed.
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End of the road? AA aims to navigate travel books to digital
In the UK, Telegraph. co. uk reports “AA ceases to commission travel guide books” – but, as so often, the headline doesn’t quite match the story.
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iPad textbook publisher Inkling adds HTML5-based Web platform
iPad publisher Inkling is making all of its titles available on the Web through an HTML5-based platform. That includes its textbooks as well the Frommers travel guides it launched last month.
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Inkling launches Frommer’s travel guides for iPhone and iPad
Inkling, which started out as an iPad textbook publisher and recently launched an interactive e-book publishing platform called Habitat, is moving further into the consumer realm with a new series of Frommer’s interactive digital travel guides.
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