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vivaldirules · 05-11-2008, 11:15 AM

Welcome, marjoriess. I haven't seen many guidebooks for ebook readers. Sony has a Travel section with 269 titles listed of which, for example, 33 are in the U.S. section. These include such incredibly useful (sarcasm dripping) guides as Trail to Titicaca (isn't that in South America?). Amazon lists 906 in their Travel section for the Kindle of which 120 are in the U.S. section including two (count them, two!) copies of the indispensible Roughing It by Mark Twain (huh?). My guess is that since you can't adequately display photos or color maps on eink ebook readers, travel guides will not likely be a hit for these devices unless they are designed specifically for the display characteristics.

05-11-2008, 11:15 AM	#2
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Welcome, marjoriess. I haven't seen many guidebooks for ebook readers. Sony has a Travel section with 269 titles listed of which, for example, 33 are in the U.S. section. These include such incredibly useful (sarcasm dripping) guides as Trail to Titicaca (isn't that in South America?). Amazon lists 906 in their Travel section for the Kindle of which 120 are in the U.S. section including two (count them, two!) copies of the indispensible Roughing It by Mark Twain (huh?). My guess is that since you can't adequately display photos or color maps on eink ebook readers, travel guides will not likely be a hit for these devices unless they are designed specifically for the display characteristics.