Cicerone guides now available in eBook format
5 Apr 2010
For many years visitors to our website have enjoyed the ability to search inside our books, a fantastic feature that allows you to be more informed about a book’s contents and whether it’s right for you before you buy. Full digitisation of our books was the logical next step, and eBook purchases are now available to buy and instantly download. Most of our books are included, and we’re aiming to make as many available to buy electronically as we can.
There are many advantages of e-books over print. One of the many things that travellers tend to think about at the planning stage of a journey is packing, and how light bags need to be. One advantage of an e-book is that you can buy a book and print off a few pages to take with you, rather than carry a whole printed book. This could mean a significant difference in the overall weight of your rucksack, especially if you tend to take more than one book with you! Instant downloading is also an advantage because it means you can start to plan your next walk, trek, or bike ride straight away.
Cicerone have a great offer to get you started. When you buy the printed version of one of the included books from our website you can get the digital version at 50% discount, so that you can make a direct comparison between the two and see which you prefer.
Have you ever wondered what is actually inside a book before you purchase it online?
When buying a guidebook it is essential that the areas and routes covered match what you are looking for. For many years the Cicerone website has provided extracts from books in the form of descriptions, list of contents and a sample route. But this has always been in a plain text format, rather than what the book actually look like.
Cicerone has now introduced the ability to look at and read the first 30 actual pages of a book, and has been set-up for over 200 of our guidebooks.
This feature can be found on the book detail page. Clicking on either the cover image or the open book icon just below the cover image, will take you inside the book.
Once inside, the 'View Inside' section lists all the chapters of the book. You can then preview the first 30 pages exactly as you would the printed copy. Clicking on the Search (top left) reveals a search box where you can search the entire book - this is really useful if you are looking for a particular mountain, village or hut, for example. Try looking at Great Mountain Days in the Lake District and search for Skiddaw.
Another great new feature is the ability to download free PDF files of the introduction, content and a sample route. These links can also be found on the book detail pages. The sample route extract is particularly useful if you've never used a Cicerone guidebook before. Typically this will show the high level of detail provided in our guides: book covers, location details, map, photographs and route description.
So why not take a closer look...
