FUTURE TITLE NEWS

BLUE GUIDE ROME AND OTHER COVERAGE OF ITALY

In September 2010 we will publish the 10th edition of Blue Guide Rome. The 9th edition is fast running out, should there be a gap between the two we would recommend readers considering both the new, pocket-sized Blue Guide Concise Rome and the somewhat bulkier Blue Guide Central Italy. This latter covers not only Rome, but also Florence and the country in between the two in reasonable detail.

Also in our Concise series we have a new Blue Guide Concise Italy, an excellent introduction to the country's art and history with updated pratical information on getting around, accomodation and dining. At a little over 400 pages it is maybe a more manageable companion for a tour of Italy's main cities and sites than our more detailed titles.

Inevitably there is some overlap in our Italy coverage: while Blue Guide Sicily and Blue Guide Southern Italy stand alone, Blue Guide Central Italy re-covers some of the ground included in still more detailed Blue Guides to the Marche, Rome, Tuscany and Florence, while likewise Northern Italy includes Venice.

We have also just published Blue Guide Literary Companion Venice, the first in our series of pocket anthologies to supplement a good guide book on-site or to enjoy at home.  A literary companion to Rome will follow.

BLUE GUIDES COVERAGE OF THE GREEK ISLANDS

Our Blue Guide Greece the Mainland (2006) ended the practice of including islands with the mainland, and the first edition of Blue Guide Greece the Aegean Islands will be published in June 2010.  In researching it our editorial board member Nigel McGilchrist visited every Greek Aegean Island over a period of five years, the text he generated is vast and comprehensive.  Described as “a work of astonishing scope, quality and insight” we are also publishing his uncut manuscript in 20 slim, black and white volumes, many covering only a single island. We have special pre-release offers on the first three, due in June - Santorini, Kos and Samos. (For the full list by island see here »)

And an excellent new and fully updated and re-written edition of Blue Guide Crete by archaeologist Paola Pugsley, now in full colour with improved maps and site plans, has just been published in early 2010.

OTHER FUTURE TITLES

If you have repeated queries about out of print titles or other feedback or thoughts that could help us plan our future publication schedule do not hesitate to tell us.  As a small publisher we cannot carry out extensive market research, we rely on feedback from the trade and readers to determine where we will focus our resources in the years to come.