One of the early top names in travel ebooks was Lonely Planet, a publisher who happily morphed from the printed pocket guides to each country or region into adoption of full-color ebooks that could be used both online and offline. But it hasn't been an easy journey to the digital transition for the travel publisher, as the abundance of free websites, travel blogs, and … [Read more...] about Get Ready for the Olympics with a Free Lonely Planet eBook
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Brazilian National Book Fair Kicks off in Rio
The Brazilian National Book Fair has just opened up to the public in Rio and is running from August 29 to September 8th. Every major publisher from South America was in attendance, and there were even special areas for foreign books, notably from Germany and France. Anyone worried that youth are distancing themselves from reading would have been warmed at the overwhelming … [Read more...] about Brazilian National Book Fair Kicks off in Rio