Posts Tagged ‘mobility’

5 Travel Ebooks You’ll Love

March 30th, 2010

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What is your favorite travel ebook lately?

Here at traveling greener, we’re always on the lookout for the coolest travel ebooks.   What we love about ebooks is they’re paperless, very mobile and often affordable even free.

Many travel bloggers know and have read ebooks by Nomadic Matt whose newest title is Nomadic Matt’s Secrets to Successful World Travel.

Recently, we discovered ebooks about photography at Craft &Vision.  If you’re a traveler with a passion for photography, then you’ll find excellent how-to tips in their ebooks.  Titles include TEN – Ten Ways To Improve Your Craft. None of Them Involves Buying Gear. (above) and TEN MORE – Ten More Ways To Improve Your Craft (below) by photographer David duChemin.

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10 Digital Magazine Sites You’ll Love

November 10th, 2009
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Image courtesy of Wend Magazine

Digital versions of your favorite travel magazines are greener, more mobile alternatives to their paper versions.

Select airlines and media companies are featuring free digital versions of their magazines on their sites.  While more travel magazines are offering a free preview of their digital version and digital subscriptions.

In other cases, magazines are opting to enhance their online profile, increasing current and archived content on their sites.  If you’re seeking digital travel magazines, sites like Zinio sell subscriptions to diverse consumer and trade publications.

We love Wend Magazine (above), which specializes in adventure/inspiration/travel/activism.  The magazine launched its digital version over a year ago.

Says Stiv Wilson, Editor in Chief, Wend Magazine:

“We invested in the digital platform for several reasons.  Even though we pay through the nose for locally sourced FSC certified paper and print locally, digital is still, of course, greener…It’s been received well.  For one, it’s great to have this asset for international subscribers, and because production is a fixed cost, it allows poor college students and the like to be able to get a subscription on a cheap beer budget.  Also, it’s a tremendous marketing tool…”

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