Amazon has just gotten serious about its years-long venture into travel offers with the rebranding of its previous travel deals as Amazon Destinations. With the new website and its tie-in to its Amazon Local deal site, Amazon Destinations (like so many other things that Amazon has taken on over the years) is looking to change up how consumers book their travel plans and how … [Read more...] about Amazon Destinations Takes on the Travel Industry
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Lonely Planet and Niche Specific eBooks
Dominic Rowell, Managing Director Digital of Lonely Planet, gave a dynamic presentation at FutureBook about the business of interactive ebooks. Lonely Planet, started in 1972 and later growing into an entire brand to include an online community, pocket guides, city-by-city guides, and more. "Travel is a good thing if we can learn to interact with people, share stories, share … [Read more...] about Lonely Planet and Niche Specific eBooks
Bookboon Spearheads Free and Original eBooks
Bookboon is a little known company that is making great strides in providing free and original ebooks online. The company has experienced over ten million downloads in the last few years and in 2011 had 500% growth in digital downloads. Bookboon a Danish company, originally started in 2005 and focused on student textbooks written by their own in-house staff and freelancers. … [Read more...] about Bookboon Spearheads Free and Original eBooks