Elaine Aradillas

Jan 18, 2025 | people.com | Elaine Aradillas

Laura Cowan. Photo: Laura C. Cowan Laura Cowan’s heart raced as she stood in line at a rural Riverside County, Calif., post office. She wondered how she could reach underneath her dress, where she kept a 12-page handwritten letter that described the nearly four years of torture she'd endured, and hand it to someone who could help her. “Do I walk up to somebody and give it to them? Do I drop it on the ground? Maybe somebody would pick it up and read it,” Cowan tells PEOPLE.

Jan 17, 2025 | publishersweekly.com | Elaine Aradillas

On the hippie trail (Avalon, Feb.) is a portrait of the venerable travel writer as a young man in 1978, when he and his friend Gene Openshaw ventured overland from Istanbul to Kathmandu. How did this book come about? I had a whole library of journals in a box for 40 years. When Covid hit, I started looking through things. Some of my staff read a few pages, and we realized there’s some good stuff in here. I didn’t write it for anybody else; I don’t know what motivated me.

Jan 17, 2025 | publishersweekly.com | Elaine Aradillas

As the former Paris bureau chief for the New York Times and a longtime resident of the city, Elaine Sciolino was well-positioned to write Adventures in the Louvre (Norton, Apr.). Her experience as a war correspondent also proved useful in navigating the fortress turned palace turned museum. “The first time you go to the Louvre you’ve got to be geared for battle,” she says. “It’s like being at Kennedy Airport the day before Thanksgiving. You’ve got to really plan it out. You’ve got to go to a café.

Jan 17, 2025 | publishersweekly.com | Elaine Aradillas |Rick Steves

As travel publishing continues to rebound from its 2020 low, a question that predates the pandemic lingers: how can a printed book compete with a website’s up-to-the-minute details or a telegenic content creator’s aspirational allure? The answer, according to execs at several major guidebook publishers, is that readers view legacy travel brands as trusted authorities that provide cultural insight, tailored itineraries, and expertly honed recommendations.

Jan 17, 2025 | publishersweekly.com | Elaine Aradillas

As even the furthest reaches of the planet become increasingly accessible, regional and special interest imprints continue to lead travelers on adventures closer to home. Globe Pequot has maintained a local-minded focus since 1947 and that makes its offerings “very realistic,” says acquisitions editor Greta Schmitz.