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News, features and resources for media and publishing professionals. Friday, July 13, 2001 Blogs | Subscribe | Interviews | Events | Films | Book Blog Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs Fodor's Debuts Travel ebooks Fodors LLC, a subsidiary of Random House, Inc., announced the publication of 26 ebooks. The ebooks will feature full-color photos and navigation icons for each chapter; hotel and restaurant indexes and reviews; and pop-up pages with interesting tidbits, historical background, dining and lodging price charts. The ebooks will also provide up-to-date information on hotels, restaurants, nightlife, and exploring. ``Fodor's ebooks will offer travelers a dynamic new interactive ebook format,'' comments Bonnie Ammer, president and publisher of Fodors LLC. ``Our goal was to make the most of ebook technology. With Fodor's ebooks, travelers will be able to download entire books with ebook features unlike any others available to destinations worldwide on their PC, laptop, or handheld.'' Fodor's destination ebooks include titles on Aruba, Madrid, London, Paris, Santa Fe and Taos, Sydney, Washington D.C., New York City, and Istanbul. Each will retail for $8.95 and will be available in mid-July through on-line retailers that sell ebooks. Fodor's ebooks will be available in Adobe Acrobat ebook Reader, Microsoft Reader, and Palm Reader. Information about how to get a free download of Fodor's ebook New York City will be available through Fodors.com starting in mid-July. ``Fodor's is committed to providing travel information wherever and whenever travelers need it, and ebooks present an ideal new travel guide format,'' notes Ammer. ``For over 60 years our readers have depended on Fodor's guidebooks while traveling. We will continue to keep pace with technology, providing our award-winning content for travel across town or around the world.'' Related Links: · Fodors.com Click here to return to the homepage of The Write NewsTM Click here to subscribe to our free weekly email newsletter. www.writenews.com Copyright © 1997-2007 by Writers Write, Inc. All Rights Reserved.