Guide Books vs E-Books

August 16, 2010

Lonely Planet has just launched its new Discover e-book series in a move to meet the demand for more electronic guide book material.  These new e-books are specifically designed for Apple’s iPad and incorporate a much more interactive approach then past digital guides that generally relied upon PDF technology.  Lonely Planet realized that people like to skip around in travel books, make notes on pages and generally go where they want.  The launch of this series allows people that flexbility with a whole host of other cool things you can do all in one platform and applications.  You can read more about this new technology at MSNBC.com.