Comments on: At Home in New Places: An Interview With Pauline Frommer http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2009/02/04/an-interview-with-pauline-frommer/ Online travel magazine dedicated to exploring travel in the 21st century. Offering travel news, compelling interviews, online travel tools, and more. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:52:56 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rob http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2009/02/04/an-interview-with-pauline-frommer/comment-page-1/#comment-85134 Rob Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:28:55 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=733#comment-85134 @DHarbecke - I agree 100% There is something about holding/reading a book that feels good. Of course I go online to make travel plans but I also have a few travel guides, including Frommers, at the ready. @DHarbecke – I agree 100% There is something about holding/reading a book that feels good.

Of course I go online to make travel plans but I also have a few travel guides, including Frommers, at the ready.

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]]> By: Rebecca http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2009/02/04/an-interview-with-pauline-frommer/comment-page-1/#comment-85002 Rebecca Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:14:15 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=733#comment-85002 This was a great article. I heard a statistic that over the next 10 years many people will be receiving their media via online. In the meantime -- print will be staying put. This was a great article. I heard a statistic that over the next 10 years many people will be receiving their media via online. In the meantime — print will be staying put.

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]]> By: What Should You GoSee? » Blog Archive » At Home in New Places : an Interview with Pauline Frommer http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2009/02/04/an-interview-with-pauline-frommer/comment-page-1/#comment-83918 What Should You GoSee? » Blog Archive » At Home in New Places : an Interview with Pauline Frommer Sat, 07 Feb 2009 06:17:13 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=733#comment-83918 [...] Pauline Frommer discusses the future of travel guides and her personal travel experiences.Next Page [...] [...] Pauline Frommer discusses the future of travel guides and her personal travel experiences.Next Page [...]

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]]> By: Morning Links: Disney’s Small World, Travel Writers Worth Following and More | Travel Guides Net http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2009/02/04/an-interview-with-pauline-frommer/comment-page-1/#comment-83873 Morning Links: Disney’s Small World, Travel Writers Worth Following and More | Travel Guides Net Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:42:55 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=733#comment-83873 [...] Brave New Traveler interviews Pauline Frommer. [...] [...] Brave New Traveler interviews Pauline Frommer. [...]

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]]> By: DHarbecke http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2009/02/04/an-interview-with-pauline-frommer/comment-page-1/#comment-83720 DHarbecke Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:18:52 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=733#comment-83720 You prove my point! True, business communication primarily uses e-mail, but the "paperless office" has never yet arrived. It's too early to make sweeping conclusions about books. Besides, what would all those law firms have behind their desks for a replacement? Legitimate credentials? :) You prove my point! True, business communication primarily uses e-mail, but the "paperless office" has never yet arrived. It's too early to make sweeping conclusions about books.

Besides, what would all those law firms have behind their desks for a replacement? Legitimate credentials? :)

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]]> By: tom http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2009/02/04/an-interview-with-pauline-frommer/comment-page-1/#comment-83708 tom Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:05:21 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=733#comment-83708 I see your point Dharbecke but...eh. Kids under 16 could just give a crap about how paper feels. They'll be grownups eventually, with these preferences in place. I have always remembered when, in about 1992 (i'm old), somebody told me that business communication was going to shift to email and away from letters and faxes. I remember thinking that this person was just plain crazy, not even imagining that fifteen years later we would have a Blackberry-sized computer. That's how I think about things like this - I can't imagine the technology which might come along and completely change how books are read. I agree that Ebooks may not be what is going to turn the tide...but something will. It has to. It's what the next generation will want, whether we like it or not. Of course I'll still be in the second-hand stores looking for print because I'll have no idea how to actually work the gadget. I see your point Dharbecke but…eh. Kids under 16 could just give a crap about how paper feels. They'll be grownups eventually, with these preferences in place. I have always remembered when, in about 1992 (i'm old), somebody told me that business communication was going to shift to email and away from letters and faxes. I remember thinking that this person was just plain crazy, not even imagining that fifteen years later we would have a Blackberry-sized computer. That's how I think about things like this – I can't imagine the technology which might come along and completely change how books are read. I agree that Ebooks may not be what is going to turn the tide…but something will. It has to. It's what the next generation will want, whether we like it or not. Of course I'll still be in the second-hand stores looking for print because I'll have no idea how to actually work the gadget.

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]]> By: DHarbecke http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2009/02/04/an-interview-with-pauline-frommer/comment-page-1/#comment-83706 DHarbecke Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:41:28 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=733#comment-83706 I don't agree books will ever be phased out entirely, but will be greatly marginalized by "instant" technology. Frankly, a lot of us travel to get away from the ever-present video displays, and books just FEEL good. It's not an all-or-nothing market, but it's obviously being redefined. Let's see where the e-book trend goes after initial sales stabilize before prognosticating the death of books. They said we'd be living on the moon by now, too. I don't agree books will ever be phased out entirely, but will be greatly marginalized by "instant" technology. Frankly, a lot of us travel to get away from the ever-present video displays, and books just FEEL good. It's not an all-or-nothing market, but it's obviously being redefined. Let's see where the e-book trend goes after initial sales stabilize before prognosticating the death of books. They said we'd be living on the moon by now, too.

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]]> By: DHarbecke http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2009/02/04/an-interview-with-pauline-frommer/comment-page-1/#comment-83707 DHarbecke Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:41:20 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=733#comment-83707 I saw a fascinating TED lecture by lexicographer Erin McKean, who discussed the future of dictionaries. She suggested that although time-honored and not without charm, the medium of print isn't really appropriate for the ever-changing nature of a language. See it for yourself here: <a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/erin_mckean_redefines_the_dictionary.html" target="_blank">http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/erin_mckean_re...</a> Travel guides are coming to the same point, where up-to-date information on the 'Net is succeeding the clunky traditional format of books. But it's been that way for years, even before the Internet! Backpckers routinely tear out and staple what they need and throw the rest of the book out. I think travel guides are going to streamline into monthly, mail-order updates whose contents are propelled by Internet users and confirmed by writers in the field. It may be oh-so-cozy to travel with an electronic guide, but batteries never run out on the printed page. I saw a fascinating TED lecture by lexicographer Erin McKean, who discussed the future of dictionaries. She suggested that although time-honored and not without charm, the medium of print isn't really appropriate for the ever-changing nature of a language. See it for yourself here:

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/erin_mckean_re...

Travel guides are coming to the same point, where up-to-date information on the 'Net is succeeding the clunky traditional format of books. But it's been that way for years, even before the Internet! Backpckers routinely tear out and staple what they need and throw the rest of the book out. I think travel guides are going to streamline into monthly, mail-order updates whose contents are propelled by Internet users and confirmed by writers in the field. It may be oh-so-cozy to travel with an electronic guide, but batteries never run out on the printed page.

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]]> By: K_Crimini http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2009/02/04/an-interview-with-pauline-frommer/comment-page-1/#comment-83700 K_Crimini Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:14:10 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=733#comment-83700 Good article! Only wish there were more of it. I don't think print will die, but I can see a future in which publishers feel obligated to offer online editions of nearly everything they print. Good article! Only wish there were more of it. I don't think print will die, but I can see a future in which publishers feel obligated to offer online editions of nearly everything they print.

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]]> By: Leah Wiedemer http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2009/02/04/an-interview-with-pauline-frommer/comment-page-1/#comment-83688 Leah Wiedemer Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:53:35 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/?p=733#comment-83688 I appreciate those who try to make travel available to everybody. Please, please be wrong about the death of print media! I appreciate those who try to make travel available to everybody. Please, please be wrong about the death of print media!

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