{"id":650516,"date":"2013-04-04T08:36:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T12:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/?p=227086"},"modified":"2013-04-04T08:36:31","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T12:36:31","slug":"arthur-frommer-buys-travel-guides-back-from-google-to-keep-print-editions-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/650516","title":{"rendered":"Arthur Frommer buys travel guides back from Google to keep print editions alive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google acquired Frommer’s Travel Guides<\/a> from Wiley in 2012 — and then, last month, reportedly decided<\/a> to stop publishing them as print editions. Now Arthur Frommer, the 83-year-old founder of the brand, has bought Frommer’s back from Google and will continue publishing the travel guides in print and digital editions.<\/p>\n

The AP reported the news<\/a> Wednesday night and quoted Frommer saying, “It’s a very happy time for me.\u00a0We will be publishing the Frommer travel guides in ebook and print formats and will also be operating the travel site Frommers.com.” Google confirmed the news<\/a> to Engadget, saying, “We can confirm that we have returned the Frommer’s brand to its founder and are licensing certain travel content to him.”<\/p>\n

The purchase price was undisclosed. Google had purchased Frommer’s from Wiley for a reported $22 million. The travel site Skift first reported<\/a> that Google would stop publishing the Frommer’s guides in print.<\/p>\n

Frommer’s had published over 300 guidebooks since its founding in 1957.<\/p>\n

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