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The following guide is a collection of author websites.

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AUTHOR WEBSITES

Beatrice Blake
Josh Berman
Ben Box
Tony Burton
Bruce and June Conord
Joe Cummings
Alison Gardner
Dominic Hamilton
Leo Hickman
Teresa Kendrick
Jeanine Kitchel
Michio Kaku
Tim Leffel
Richard Mahler
Harry Pariser
Beata Pawlikowska
Victoria Schlesinger
David Stanley
Randy Wood

QUESTIONS

How to evaluate an author website?

1) How fast does the site load?
2) When was the site last updated?
3) Are there new photos?
4) Does it include a blog?
5) What language(s) are used?
6) How easy is it to locate contact info?
7) Are all the author's books listed?
8) What are the author's short- and long-term plans?
9) Does the site link to outside sites? If so, does it link to Planeta.com?

PUBLISHERS

Publishers

BOOKS ONLINE

There are several websites that publish books, including Project Gutenberg. Among the titles: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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Tim Leffel
Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune, Travelers' Tales, 2006, ($12.95, 226 pages)
- Tim Leffel's Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune is "the contrarian traveler's guide to getting more for less."
He articulates a vision of travel common to many travelers and difficult to relay to others. He calls it 'contrarian travel' and he's onto something. Tim's unique perspective into 'budget travel' highlights a respectful mode of immersion available to most travelers.
Planeta Review
Book of the Year Nominee
Conversation with Tim Leffel
Author Website

Sue Beeton
Community Development for Tourism, Landlinks, 2006 (246 pages, $49.95)
- This book examines the integration of local communities and tourism development. Its highlights the value of strategic planning and community empowerment. Case studies document how things work around the world. The author also wrote Film-Induced Tourism.
Planeta Review
Book of the Year Nominee
Community Tourism and the Hopi and Navajo - Sue Beeton
Conversation with Sue Beeton

Marael Johnson and Andrew Hempstead
Australia, Avalon, 2005 (840 pages, $24.95)
- Third edition. Great tips for travel throughout the continent and insightful sidebars.
Excerpt: Nimbin's Aquarius Festival - Bill Dalton

Bruce and June Conord
Adventure Guide to the Yucatan, Hunter Publishing, 2004
- Third edition of a recommended guidebook to this fascinating corner of Mexico, a region which the authors describe as "a big hitch-hiking thumb." Their interest and hard work has paid off. It's one of our favorite Mexico books. Eco travelers will love the Adventure Guide.
Author Website

Barry Blesser and Linda-Ruth Salter
Spaces Speak, are you listening?, MIT Press, 2006 (437 pages, $39.95)
- We experience places not only by seeing but also by listening. Experiencing aural architecture is the focus of this book. Audible attributes of physical space reveals cultural attitudes.
Q&A - Planeta Forum
Author website

Carol Patterson
The Business of Ecotourism, Explorers Publishing, Wisconsin, 2002
- Recommended business strategies. Includes CD and is available in a teacher's edition
Author website

Marcus Endicott
Vagabond Globetrotting 3: The Electronic Traveler in the New Millennium, Lulu, 2004
The definitive how-to book for world travel, Vagabond Globetrotting introduces readers to a great collection of resources and indispensable tips. Author Marcus Endicott is one of the pioneers in sustainable tourism and has written a book that stimulates and educates.
Author website
Audible.com

Ron Mader
Mexico: Adventures in Nature, John Muir Publications, 1997
- This is the classic first and last edition of the guidebook written by the founder of Planeta.com. Much of the text has been recycled into travel guides published on this site.
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