And on the subject of travel planning guides, for Fodor's 75th Anniversary they are offering a DRM-free ePub & Mobi download of their very first travel book, founder Eugene Fodor's own
1936… On the Continent: The Entertaining Travel Annual.
If you've ever wondered what travel was like back in the post-public domain days, now you can find out from the convenience of your e-reader. For free!
Linkage to the promo page here, found thanks to MR member manou who posted about it
in the Amazon freebie thread.
ETA: in the intervening years, this has since shown up @
B&N,
Amazon (available to Canadians & in the
UK),
iTunes &
Google Play (both available to Canadians), as well as remaining free directly at the publisher's website.
Description
Three years before the start of WWII, Eugene Fodor published his first guidebook, 1936–On the Continent–The Entertaining Travel Annual. Fodor's goal was to create a fun-to-read, annually updated guidebook about Europe that emphasized the people and culture of a country—a radical change from the traditional guidebook approach. Seventy-five years later, On the Continent gives readers a nostalgic glimpse and sentimental grand tour of pre-WWII Europe.
Today, Fodor's is one of the world's largest and most trusted brands in travel, covering more than 600 destinations worldwide in guidebooks, on Fodors.com, in ebooks and iPhone apps.
To celebrate our 75th anniversary, Fodor's invites you to download a free ebook edition of the guide that started it all.