General Information

This page contains general information about the Tourist Town Guides series. Please contact us if the answer to your question isn't listed here.

What is Tourist Town Guides? Who makes Them?

Tourist Town Guides is published by Channel Lake, Inc., a New York State corporation. The main office is located in New York City. All the official company business goes through the publishing company.

See the About Us section for a list of people and vendors that help produce the books.

How is Tourist Town Guides Different?

In a tourist town, where promotional information is everywhere, it is oftentimes hard to differentiate between a legimate attraction and a waste of time. The writers and editors of Tourist Town Guides know this, and have created a guidebook series that focuses on America's most popular tourist towns and attractions. Instead of making a decision based on promotional literature or a billboard, get informed and independent information about the attraction with a Tourist Town Guides book. While a "traditional" travel guide will focus on insider tips, local information, and take you on the road less traveled, Tourist Town Guides will find the fun spots - after all, these roads are more traveled for a reason.

Where can I Buy a Tourist Town Guides book?

Tourist Town Guides books are available wherever retail books are sold. If your favorite bookstore does not sell our guides, you may request a special order from them, or purchase the book online from this site, or from Amazon.com, or wherever you prefer. To order directly from this site, go to the Books section. For more specific information about ordering books from Channel Lake, Inc. see the Ordering Information page.

I am a Writer/Editor. How can I work for Channel Lake, Inc.?

There is a Jobs section of this site which has a listing of all the active jobs and contracts that are currently offered. Additionally, we have an "open policy" for submissions of content for publication consideration. If you have a book that fits with our "travel; Americana" subject matter, you may send a SASE and query letter to:

Channel Lake, Inc.
P.O. Box 1771
New York, NY 10156-1771
Attn: Submissions

Please do not send manuscripts unless we request them. All of our creative personnel are required to sign contracts.

Members of the Press

If you are a member of a qualified media outlet (print, online, radio, television) and would like to feaure Tourist Town Guides in an upcoming story, please let us know. See the Press Room section of this website for more information.

How can I get my business or property reviewed?

If you represent an organization who does business in one of our covered destinations, you may request that your property be included in the next edition of the book. Your request will be forwarded to the book's author/editor for consideration, but inclusion in the book is not guaranteed. Please fill out the contact form with any information you think would be helpful.

How Can I Get a Review Changed or Updated?

While we cannot guarantee that any content change suggestions will be honored, we will be happy to forward your request for a change in one of our books to the author/editor. Please fill out the contact form to submit a request.

Advertising Information

The renting of advertising space on touristtown.com is managed by Adbrite. If you are interested in advertising on this site, you may do so by clicking on any of the "Your Ad Here" links which will guide you through getting your ad up and running.

To keep with our policy of an independent guidebook, there is no advertising space available in any of our printed travel books. Additionally, Channel Lake, Inc. does not accept payment for any review, although requests for reviews (without payment) will be considered by the books' authors and/or the editor.

Retailers

Tourist Town Guides books are available from major wholesalers including Baker & Taylor and Ingram. Our trade distributor is Midpoint Trade Books. If you are in the book trade, please contact your wholesaler for ordering information.

Retailers and wholesalers outside the book trade may order books for resale directly from us. For information, please visit our Resale page for information on ordering for your company or organization.

Other Inquiries

If you have additional questions that are not answered here, please let us know! You can contact in a number of ways: