Plans are in place to publish a best of Travelbog.org 2007 Book! We want YOU, to tell us your Favorites. Winning authors will receive a free copy.
Hello fellow bloggers! As long time users of travelblog.org, my friend Brian (aka:
TravelGoon) and I (aka:
AlanZ) are pleased to introduce a new website that will allow you to automatically turn your blog into a bookstore-quality book, share it with others if you like, and even earn a royalty on sales.
Droptheworld.com will be launching very soon and we will be celebrating by working with Ali to make a special edition book - The Best of TravelBlog, 2007! And who better to choose the content but the travelblog.org community?
So we encourage all of you to this topic and let us know which blogs you think deserve to be included. We want the most amusing, entertaining, thought-provoking entries. Perfect grammar and spelling will not be required, but some really stunning photos are always good (actually, embarrassing photos are good too)
Either way, the published blog entries will be selected from the blogs that YOU choose.
One rule as it's a best of 2007 book - the entry does have to be from 2007! We have plans for a very obvious sequel next year...
Any bloggers chosen will receive a free copy of the book along with a share of any profits! Let the voting begin
winners will be chosen around March 1.
Happy Travels
From,
Alan, Brian and Ali
Reply to this Blogs to books has been something that has been requested by travelblog members for a while now - so I'm really happy to have been able to team up with Alan and Brian to make this a reality. Sometime soon (March/April) we will be able to offer you the ability to turn your blog into a book for you, your friends and family and possibly the world.
For the competition - we will of course obtain permission from the nominated bloggers before including their work. We are looking for specific
Blog entries so that this becomes a collection from several distinct authors.
If you have read an exceptional blog entry from 2007 - look for the small code [diary=1234] (shown with the options to message or comment on a blog) and post a link.
Disclaimer: any bias, offence or accidental ignoring of or towards any blogger or blog entry is completely unintentional - our goal is to produce a book that really sums up the atmosphere and philosophy of travelblog - something that we can all be proud of.
Quick Note - any nomination posts nominating themselves (or their travels) - the post will be deleted!
Reply to this Yeah ive been thinking for a long time now about how cool it would be for a book of Travelblog entries to be made. I will definitely buy it! It's a shame that Cumberlandsausage's last blog was in 2006. I've read many a top entry in 2007, but here are a few entries that are worthy of a book:
Prague/Krakow: Dreams, Dragons & Nazi Death Camps by
michaelpaddo - he is one of my favourite bloggers (though I may be slightly biased since he is my best friend's brother). Although I think his best blog was in 2006 (the camel ride), for 2007 I propose this one. His part on Auschwitz is just what everyone wants to say but doesn't know how to.
Suffocating in the Gore Tex® by
lovelyplanet - vivid photos from a wild, otherworldy destination... complete with the criticism of high-cost, mass tourism that I love at Travelblog.
WE FINALLY MADE IT!: Adventure's End - SINGAPORE ! by
bikepacker - the end of Travelblog's most epic journey.
The Dark side of the Fairytale by
le_flow - an insight into how Africa's Shining Light does not really shine so bright (again I think his best blog is in 2006, but hey).
Syria - The Pearl of the East... by
Chi - great prose with top photos, a prime example of a normal travelblog entry.
Diving Around Sipadan, Sibuan, Mabul and Kapali by
Ali - what kind of Travelblog book would we have without an entry from the man that made it?! This is not a long blog, but that first shot with the turtle is one of my personal favourites on Travelblog. Turtles rock!
Reply to this Can we vote for our own blog?
Admin note: - no 😉 - no offence intended - but it becomes a mess if we allow this! - see msg #2 for clarification Reply to this I read Camo's European travels last year and especially enjoyed
Where am I?, a well-written piece from a country that is still unknown to most of us.
Reply to this I continue to laugh and laugh when I read:
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