Google quietly pulls plug on Frommer's print travel guidebooks
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Thus the turmoil in guidebook world continues. The impending closure of Frommer's print division has been likely since the August sale to Google, but this is the first clear sign that the series will not continue in its current form.
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Google has ceased production and publication of printed guidebooks bearing the Frommer's brand name, Skift has learned.
The last two Frommer's books to roll off the presses were guides in the all-color Day-by-Day series devoted to Napa and Sonoma and Banff and the Rockies, and went on sale in early February. The last book in the traditional complete guide series was Frommer's Florida in late December.
Starting with Frommer's New York City With
