Edinburgh and Melbourne Cities of Literature to launch exchange program
Five Melbourne literary programmers will have the opportunity to visit Edinburgh in August this year, as part of a new exchange program between the Melbourne and Edinburgh Cities of Literature....
Arthur Frommer ‘re-acquires’ iconic brand from Google
Arthur Frommer, founder of the Frommer travel publishing brand, has acquired ‘certain’ content from Google, which acquired the brand from Wiley in 2012, reports the Bookseller. Google said in a...
Google stops publishing Frommer’s titles in print
Google has stopped publishing print editions of Frommer’s titles, reports travel website Skrift. According to Skrift, the last two Frommer’s titles to appear in print were two guidebooks in the...
Penguin UK reviewing travel divisions
In the UK, Penguin is undertaking a review of its travel divisions, including its Rough Guides and Dorling Kindersley imprints, reports the Bookseller. The rise of digital publishing and a...
Hardie Grant combines Explore Australia, Universal Publishers in new division; Browne to replace Webster
Hardie Grant Publishing (HGP) has announced that its Expore Australia and Universal Publishers businesses will now operate under a new division called Hardie Grant Explore (HGEx). The publisher also announced that...
Lonely Planet launches country guide apps
Lonely Planet has announced a series of new country guide apps for the iPhone and iPod touch, available via the App store. The first apps launched were country guides for...
BOOK REVIEW: Tell Them to Get Lost (Brian Thacker, William Heinemann)
The gimmick behind Brian Thacker’s travel tale Tell Them to Get Lost is that his journey is inspired—and guided—by South East Asia on a Shoestring, the first guidebook by Lonely...
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Whitcoulls to sponsor new book awardWhitcoulls has announced that it will sponsor a new annual book award from next year. Entries are now open for the 2011 Whitcoulls Pictorial Travel...
Lonely Planet to open concept store
Lonely Planet will open its first ‘concept store' at Sydney airport next year, the travel publisher has announced. Part of the airport's $500 million redevelopment, the shop will serve as...