Publisher Dirk Vanderwilt’s article titled “11 Off-The-Radar Tourist Towns” was featured on the travel section of the Huffington Post on Wedneday, November 10, 2010. In the article, Vanderwilt offered his picks for 11 favorite regional tourist destinations, including Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Ocean City, Maryland, and Fredericksburg, Texas.

The full article with accompanying photos can be viewed online:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/10/post_583_n_780645.html

Dirk Vanderwilt, author of Niagara Falls and publisher of the Tourist Town Guides series, was interviewed on Passionate Internet Voices World Radio on September 2, 2010. The live interview, which is approximately 30 minutes in length, was conducted by Lillian Caldwell for the show Lillian’s Interviews.

In the interview, Vanderwilt discussed his inspiration for creating the travel series, some of his favorite travel destinations, and provided general information about publishing and travel guidebooks.

The interview may be listened to online here (in mp3 format).

Passionate Internet Voices is available online at: http://www.internetvoicesradio.com.

Black Hills guidebook author Jay Kirschenmann was interviewed on Mike Kara’s “Eye on the Nation” Internet radio program on August 25, 2010. The 30-minute interview covered vacations in the Black Hills and tips for people planning to to visit. Kirchenmann also detailed some of the area’s most popular attractions, including Mount Rushmore, Wall Drug, and the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

Mike Kara’s “Eye on the Nation” is on the Web site http://www.mikekara.com. The full interview, in three parts, is available from Mike Kara’s Web site (in mp3 format):

All About the Black Hills, Part One
All About the Black Hills, Part Two
All About the Black Hills, Part Three

Author and publisher Dirk Vanderwilt was interviewed on Tuesday, August 24, during the 7 a.m. – 9 a.m. Hofstra Morning Wake-Up Call on WRHU-FM. In the interview, Vanderwilt offered hosts Chris and Dennis insight into exploring American tourist towns, including tips for vacationing as well as advice for last-minute vacations for the upcoming Labor Day weekend.

WRHU-FM is owned and operated by Hoftra University in Hempstead, New York.

The full interview is available here, in 2 parts (to listen, QuickTime is required):

WRHU-FM Interview (Part 1 of 2) – August 24, 2010

WRHU-FM Interview (Part 2 of 2) – August 24, 2010

Myrtle Beach guidebook authors Liz and Charlie Mitchell offer their advice for the “9 Best Wake-Ups for Myrtle Beach Mornings.” The article, published in the Newberry Observer on Monday, August 2, 2010, provides information on the best places for breakfast in the Myrtle Beach area.

“Menus are changeable, and schedules may vary with the seasons,” say the Mitchells, “however, a few good choices go far beyond a pancake house or quick stop.”

The Mitchells’ top picks include Chestnut Hill, the House of Blues, Gulfstream Cafe, and High Hammock Maverick Seaside Kitchen.

With their picks, the Mitchells also offer some general advice: “When visiting Myrtle Beach, it’s worth a search to find a few treats of restaurants with a weekend brunch or Southern specialties on big buffets at an upscale hotel.”

Authors and Myrtle Beach residents Liz and Charlie Mitchell were interviewed on WMBF-TV, in Myrtle Beach, on July 27. The interview, which focused on the Mitchells’ Myrtle Beach travel guidebook, was conducted in-studio for WMBF News at 4pm.

Author Lisa Oliver Monroe and her book, Williamsburg: With Jamestown and Yorktown, America’s Historic Triangle, were featured on July 23 in the Daily Press, a Newport News-area newspaper.

Columnists Dan Parsons and Tyra Vaughn says that the series “aims to provide information about specific locations, which are more often found as inclusions in books covering larger regions.”

Monroe’s introduction is also quoted. ”A visit to Williamsburg is, for many visitors, a step back in time,” she says. “While the area offers many of the modern conveniences of a thriving tourist town, it still evokes an historic sense of place. It preserves part of the American legacy.”

The Daily Press is available online: http://www.dailypress.com.

Tourist Town Guides publisher Dirk Vanderwilt offered his opinion about controlling book returns for The Independent, a monthly magazine for small book publishers created by the Independent Book Publisher’s Association (IBPA).

In the article, Vanderwilt says that his company “[has] been able to minimize book returns by expanding my market beyond bookstores, [including] hotel gift shops, souvenir shops, and so on.”

Channel Lake, Inc. is a member of IBPA.

View the full text of the article online at:

http://www.ibpa-online.org/articles/shownews.aspx?id=2977

Donna Lively, author of Mackinac: A Guide to Mackinac Island and Mackinaw City, continues her book tour with several bookstores in the northern Michigan area. Her tour included Horizons Bookstore in Traverse City on May 15, 2010 and the Island Bookstore in Mackinaw City on May 29, 2010.

Lively (right) at Horizons Books in Traverse City

Lively at the Island Bookstore in Mackinaw City

Channel Lake, Inc. is currently seeking talented writers to create new guidebooks for the Tourist Town Guides® series. There is still time left to apply to write books for the 2011 travel season.

For more information, or to apply, see the following Web site:

http://www.touristtown.com/jobs/