Audiobooks have become popular in situations when reading a book is not possible, such as driving a car, while doing household chores or simply when it is time to let the eyes rest. Even the popular music streaming service Spotify has began offering audiobooks for listeners. We … Read >
This road trip started from southern France, Cote d’Azur (also known as Riviera, here is a Riviera guidebook), continued to northwest Italy via the lower Alps, passed through Mont Blanc along a long tunnel that ended in Chamonix France, continued to central France, and from there to the Pyrenees … Read >
During our travels in Central and Southern Europe, I have been surprised to find out how popular activity hiking along the ancient pilgrim routes in France, Spain and Portugal is. The pilgrim destination is Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain, but routes start from France … Read >
During the summer of 2021 it became obvious that many travelers had chosen their own cars, campervans and motorhomes to tour Europe instead of flying to a remote island faraway from home. Camper parks, camping sites, and motels had customers to an extent that one of our writers decided to … Read >
The annual European Capital of Smart Tourism competition is intended for cities in the EU region that want recognition for their work in making travel more sustainable and accessible. Digital technologies provide possibilities to achieve these goals, enabling smarter future for travel. Valencia … Read >
Instagram is so dominant social media service for sharing photos that trending hashtags and number of likes for images indicate the popularity of not only photos but subjects on those pictures. Inkifi, a photo printing service, calculated the most photographed travel … Read >
Self-publishing News: New Year New Predictions
Alliance of Independent Authors takes a look at developments of 2018 that are likely to strengthen in 2019. Subscription platforms, artificial intelligence and blockchain are the usual suspects in the blog post.
Large English-language markets, such as the US and the UK are leading the transition to ebooks, but large European countries, like France, Germany, Italy and Spain are beginning to turn to digital reading as well. A survey conducted in France indicates that ebooks are already well established (21% of French … Read >
I have seen many kinds of street-side libraries where book lovers let passersby and neighbors take a book from the selection. If these readers have books they can donate, they may return a title into the selection. A Bookcrossing box in a city park, a stylish birdhouse filled with books … Read >
