Travel book publishers can get your material available to millions of people worldwide. Lately, online travel book publishers have enjoyed a lot of popularity as more and more travel publishers are moving most of their work on the Internet. Travel books are also getting a facelift. Travel book publishers are prompted to their search for new sources of revenue in the online world. Travel books can be really helpful because they contain information regarding certain hotels where visitors can stay at, what are the rates, inside info, downsides, potential problems, tips. In this article, we will review some of the best Guide and Travel Book publishers.

Guidebook publishers so far haven't been hit hard like those working in the music business, which are having huge problems with internet copying and rights. According to stats published by the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/03/business/), travel publishers sold 14.8 million books in the United States in 2007, up 11 percent from two years ago, according to Nielsen BookScan. Still, guidebook companies may have missed an opportunity on the Internet.

Blitzprint (Blitzprint.com) is one of the best travel book publishers. Blitzprint was established in 1990, we became a full time book printer in 1999. The company is in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. With them, you keep all the rights over your book because as the author and publisher you deserve and retain all rights. This includes the right to have anyone else print, distribute and sell your book. At Blitzprint you only pay for what you need. If all that happens to be is 50 books printed from your existing files, that will be all you pay for.

Another really respected name in the travel book publishing industry is Lonely Planet, http://www.lonelyplanet.com/. Adventurous travelers who plunge into the unknown and bring back fresh insights and the best advice: that's what Lonely Planet is built on. If you love roaming the world and have a talent for capturing a new angle, then LoneleyPlane will definitely want to work with you. LP is the largest independently-owned travel guidebook publisher in the world. This travel book publisher has released over 650 titles in 118 countries with annual sales of more than six million guidebooks. In 2007, BBC Worldwide bought 75% of the company shares.

Fodor Travel Publications (http://www.fodors.com/) is the largest publisher of travel guides in North America. Their famed Gold Guides are a standard by which many other guides are measured from. They also have several other outstanding series that cover worldwide locations.

Another big travel publisher is Hunter Publishing. Hunting Publishing is amongst the largest travel publishers in North America. They specialize in unique individual titles and series that cover worldwide locations. They also distribute titles from a handful of Great Britain-based publishers. Official website is http://www.hunterpublishing.com/.