Google has Ceased Publication of Frommer’s Guidebooks

In August 2012, Google had purchased all of the assets from John Wiley for their Frommer’s Guidebook franchise. The deal cost the big G almost 22 million and the move was made to have a hot property to publish and call their own. They sold the books in physical bookstores and also published the digital editions online. Today, it is official that Google has ceased publication on all Guidebooks and will not publish anything in the future. The last two guidebooks to be published had to do with the Napa Valley region and and Banff Alberta. Almost 24 titles that were supposed to be made available over the course of 2013 will not see the light of day and have since been cancelled. Most of the existing book titles were not even available on Frommer’s own bookstore since last September. Google has not commented on the deal and is likely not to divulge this sort of thing to the media. I think that Google experimented with publishing but are focusing their efforts on expanding the visibility of their eBook store online. They just opened in Mexico yesterday and are really bent on opening in as many new markets as possible. Google has Ceased Publication of Frommer's Guidebooks is a post from: E-Reader News Send to Kindle

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