Wikitravel Press Announces Book Distribution on Amazon

Wikitravel Press Guides Now Available From The Largest Bookstore on the Internet

Montreal, November 15, 2008 Wikitravel Press (www.wikitravelpress.com), the exclusive print publisher of the award-winning Wikitravel (www.wikitravel.org) online travel guide, today announced the availability of Wikitravel Press guidebooks on the Internet's number one book retailer Amazon (www.amazon.com).

Wikitravel uses the wiki-based collaborative editing technology made popular by Wikipedia. Wikitravel guides are built on the principle that travelers often get their best information from other travelers. The website offers nearly 50,000 travel guides in twenty languages, with over 10,000 editorial contributions per week. Wikitravel won the Best Travel Website category in the 2007 Webby Awards.

Wikitravel Press builds upon this extraordinary community participation to create continually updated, reliable guidebooks, published on demand and shipped anywhere in the world. Until now available exclusively on the Wikitravel Press website, the addition of Amazon distribution will make the guides available to a wider audience, and shipping costs will go down as Wikitravel titles are eligible for Amazon Free Super Saver Shipping. The bestselling Wikitravel Chicago, the most comprehensive guide to the Windy City ever published, is available immediately (ISBN 1440427755), with other titles to follow soon.

"Wikitravel Press is already the market leader in constantly updated guidebooks, and distribution through Amazon will introduce Wikitravel guides to an entirely new audience," said Jani Patokallio, managing editor of Wikitravel Press. "No longer will travellers be limited to hopelessly outdated editions mouldering on dusty bookshop shelves: with Wikitravel Press, what you see on your screen is what you will get in your book."

Wikitravel Chicago: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1440427755

CONTACT: Jani Patokallio, +65-91859331, jani(at)wikitravelpress.com