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Comme dâhabitude, je fais de la mise en rayon. Je nâai jamais su parler des livres que jâai aimĂ©s. Regret Ă©ternel. Mais, disons simplement que les deux essais sont brillants.

Petite virée à Londres Lundi dernier (le 14 avril et non pas le 13 comme je le dis dans ce billautshow).
A l'invitation de Lulu.com et de son Président : Bob Young, qui nous fait le plaisir de parler en Français.
Bob m'a gentiment reçu avec Sébastien Dupont - un Français pur jus qui travaille chez Lulu.com.
La stratégie de Lulu est simple : donner le pouvoir à l'auteur... qui en téléchargeant son oeuvre sur lulu va pouvoir le vendre en direct, sans passer par le filtre d'une maison d'édition 1.0. 
Statistique intéressante citée par Bob : 99% des livres transmis par les auteurs aux maisons d'éditions traditionnelles sont retournés à leurs auteurs. 1% seulement est publié. "Non pas parce que ces livres sont mauvais, nous dit Bob, mais parce que l'éditeur pense que le marché est trop étroit pour ce livre, pour rentabiliser son impression et sa diffusion traditionnelles".
Comme quoi, quand de nouvelles technologies arrivent...
Et là , Lulu.com s'appuie sur l'impression digitale qui permet de produire à prix modique un livre à l'unité...
Alors, vous avez Ă©crit un livre sous Word par exemple ?... Vous voudriez le proposer Ă la vente vente chez lulu.com... Comment fonctionne la mĂ©canique ? Lulu a-t-il intĂ©grĂ© l'impression ? Un client achĂšte : quel est le dĂ©lai de fabrication ? Qui livre le livre ? Qui fixe le prix du livre ? Comment lulu se rĂ©munĂšre-t-il ? (rĂ©munĂ©ration de l'auteur chez lulu versus rĂ©munĂ©ration chez l'Ă©diteur 1.0 : y'a pas photo...). Peut-on avoir un n° ISBN ? Peut-on faire vendre aussi son livre par Amazon ? Dans ce cas, comment fonctionne la relation Amazon/Lulu ? D'ailleurs Amazon ne va-t-il pas faire la mĂȘme chose que Lulu ?
Chose curieuse, Lulu donne naissance à une nouvelle race d'éditeurs qui prennent en charge votre livre comme le ferait un éditeur traditionnel, mais utilise la mécanique Lulu... pour l'impression, la diffusion, la promotion, etc..
Bob et Sébastien nous donnent quelques statistiques : nombre d'auteurs, nombre de livres édités (y compris pour la France).. Quel est le livre qui a eu, jusqu'à présent, le plus de succÚs chez lulu ? (tirage de 70.000 exemplaires)... Combien de nouveaux auteurs par semaine ? etc...
Et les entreprises pour leurs documents, peuvent-elles les faire éditer selon la mécanique de lulu ?
Question : "Bob, quid de l'édition 1.0 dans 10 ans ?" Réponse : "Si l'édition traditionnelle n'évolue pas..."
Et votre avis sur le e-paper/e-reader ? "Il me paraßt évident que dans un futur proche nous allons lire sur des machines électroniques..."
Lulu va-t-il aussi s'intéresser à la vidéo ? Les blogs sont-ils un concurrent du self publishing ? A terme les livres intégreront-ils de la publicité ?
Pour contacter l'assistante de Bob, Miss Carol Barnes ici
Le site de lulu.com ici
© A Billautshow production - the video for the rest of us
Bon, je sais, honte Ă moi : je nâai mĂȘme pas fait de compte-rendu du Salon du Livre, cette annĂ©e⊠Heureusement quâil y a le Navire pour en dire plus, heinâŠ
Avec en prime la photo qui tĂ©moigne bien de lâambiance â et de lâexcellent emplacement que nous avait rĂ©servĂ© lâespace Languedoc-Roussillon :
Le monsieur barbu, câest Yves FrĂ©mion, en pleine sĂ©ance de signatures sur le stand du Navire en Pleine Ville (photo : Emmanuel Guillot).
JâĂ©tais au Salon, moi aussi, et ça mâa fait plaisir de retrouver les copains⊠Et de rencontrer en vrai quelques personnes croisĂ©es par blogues interposĂ©s, comme Hopie et Delphine !
Je passe sur la frustration de la sĂ©curitĂ© renforcĂ©e pour cause dâinvitĂ©s israĂ©liens (mais Ă cĂŽtĂ© du service dâordre gorillesque de la torche olympique, celui du Salon du Livre Ă©tait un modĂšle de patience et de diplomatie !) ; sur lâalerte Ă la bombe le dimanche Ă 17h, comme pour embĂȘter un maximum de monde⊠(Mais les quelques cafĂ©s du coin qui Ă©taient ouverts ont dĂ» faire des affaires en or ! Mais hĂ©las, les chouraveurs de livres itou.)
Je passe aussi sur les prix ridicules des sandwiches et du cafĂ© dans les officines Ă bouffe Ă lâintĂ©rieur du Salon : on avait intĂ©rĂȘt Ă prĂ©voir ses biscuits.
Tiens, cette annĂ©e, jâai aussi eu lâoccasion de participer au stand de Lulu.com, le service dâauto-publication de livres, photos, CD, etc., créé par Bob Young.
Deux photos prises par Sébastien Dupont, de Lulu France.
Sur ce stand, on ne vendait pas de livres (impossible sur ce salon si lâon nâest pas implantĂ© en France comme libraire), mais cela mâa donnĂ© lâoccasion de mettre en valeur mon recueil de SF et fantastique, La Faim et autres nouvelles.
Jâai aussi pu discuter avec dâautres auteurs qui avaient choisi la voie de lâauto-Ă©dition, par hasard ou par nĂ©cessitĂ©. Il y avait Virginie Sommet et son inclassable Only in New York, Darling! et Bertrand Lambert avec son livre-tĂ©moignage : TF1, une expĂ©rience. Et une sacrĂ© expĂ©rience, en effet. Jâai bien aimĂ© lâargumentaire de ce livre : âpour ceux qui ont Ă©tĂ© déçus par Madame, Monsieur, bonsoirâ !
Et bien sûr, il y avait aussi les visiteurs, avec leurs projets.
Exemple : un dictionnaire français-mandingue, dans le cadre dâune association dâAfricains en France. Exactement le genre de livre pour lequel les Ă©diteurs français risquent de ne pas ĂȘtre trĂšs chauds, mais qui peut trouver son public grĂące Ă lâimpression Ă la demande.
Le Salon du Livre ? LâannĂ©e prochaine, on reviendra !
Tags : Lulu.com, Navire en Pleine Ville, Paris, Salon du LivreEncore un vote ? Eh oui : le premier tour du prix Rosny aĂźnĂ© (du nom de lâauteur de La Guerre du feu et de La Mort de la terre, Ă©videmment) est ouvert ! Depuis 1980, ce prix rĂ©compense des Ćuvres de science-fiction (romans et nouvelles) parues en langue française sur support papier au cours de lâannĂ©e civile prĂ©cĂ©dente.
LâĂ©dition 2008 concerne donc les textes parus entre le 1er janvier et le 31 dĂ©cembre 2007.
*Ahem..*
Câest lâoccasion de signaler que ma nouvelle âEt si la faim venaitâ est en lice ! En effet, elle figure dans lâanthologie Et siâŠ, parue fin 2007 chez Lulu.
(LâĂ©dition Ă©lectronique est gratuite, donc nâhĂ©sitez pas Ă y jeter un Ćil.)
*Fin de lâintermĂšde publicitaire.*
On peut voter en envoyant une liste de titres (jusquâĂ 5 dans chaque catĂ©gorie) au secrĂ©taire du prix, Joseph Altairac, par courriel ou courrier postal. Tous les dĂ©tails sur le site officiel :
http://www.noosfere.org/rosny/
Comme la liste est indicative, vous pouvez aussi voter sur tout texte qui vous semble remplir les critÚres, ou suggérer les textes manquants.
Le premier tour est ouvert jusquâau 30 juin, aprĂšs seuls les inscrits Ă la Convention nationale de Nyons pourront voter pour dĂ©partager les finalistes.
Quâon se le dise !
Tags : 2008, Nouvelles, prix littéraires, Rosny aßné, science-fiction, sfWritten by telegraph
TECHNOLOGY
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The powerhouse of the internet and the only place many people go for information. But if you thought Google was a still a mere search engine, look again. Click on âmoreâ at the top of the homepage to discover the work of âGoogleLabsâ - more than 50 free tools and web pages that could change your internet life.
GoogleDocs lets you create documents, spreadsheets and presentations, store them online, share them with others and access them from wherever thereâs an internet connection.
Googlemail is probably the best email program - it has virtually limitless capacity and you donât need to change your email address to use it. The Google calendar is a powerful searchable diary that you can allow others to access, so family members can make appointments together.
SketchUp could be just the tool you are looking for to design that conservatory extension and see what it will look like once the builders have gone. Add to that databases for searching academic journals and books in the public domain, the powerful GoogleMaps, with its engaging satellite imagery, a finance page with live stock quotes and an easy-to-use online messaging system, and you can see why some people say Google is taking over the world - and, with GoogleMoon and GoogleMars, the rest of the galaxy, too.
2 Anonymouse
www.anonymouse.org
Surf the web without disclosing who or where you are.
Hints, tips and troubleshooting for your iPod and associated software.
4 Only2Clicks
www.only2clicks.com
If you use just a few websites, this lets you create a home page that has links to them all. Simple, free and practical.
A suite of free business programs. From word processing and presentation software to tools for taking notes in meetings, planning projects and creating databases.
To-do lists, notes, ideas and calendar. Excellent for juggling projects and much more versatile than a ring folder.
7 GetNetWise
www.getnetwise.org
All you need to know about keeping the net safe - protecting children, preventing spam, avoiding viruses and stopping others accessing your personal details.
More than 7,500 free fonts (for Mac and PC), so you can at last stop using Copperplate for your party invitations.
The superfast way to send large files over the web. Donât attach that family video to an email, Pando it instead.
10 FlipClips
www.flipclips.com
Turn your home videos into animated flip books. Much more appealing than another DVD.
ENTERTAINMENT
11 Digital Spy
www.digitalspy.co.uk
Entertainment, media and showbiz news. Plus, a surprisingly good forum for technology-related problems - a great place to sort out your broadband.
12 BBC iPlayer
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer
On-demand television and radio programmes from the BBC.
13 Whatsonwhen
www.whatsonwhen.com
Events, attractions, openings and exhibitions from around the world. Enter a location and dates and the site will show listings.
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Up in lights: a guide to Londonâs Theatreland is online |
14 London Theatre Guide
www.londontheatre.co.uk
Whatâs coming on and whatâs making an exit in Londonâs theatre world. Especially good for seating plans, so you can see where the box office staff are putting you.
15 The Internet Movie Database
www.imdb.com
The worldâs biggest (and still growing) reference for actors, directors, locations, plotsâŠ
16 Rotten Tomatoes
www.rottentomatoes.com
A round-up of what the critics thought of films on general release.
17 Screenonline
www.screenonline.org.uk
The British Film Instituteâs definitive guide to the British film industry. Plots, features, statistics and news from the film world.
18 Good Reads
www.goodreads.com
Expand your reading. Catalogue your books online and others make recommendations based on what you seem to enjoy.
News, features and listings for Britainâs terrestrial and cable television. Customisable interface so your favourite channels are always at the top.
20 Football365
www.football365.com
The authentic (and often tangential) voice of the Britainâs ârealâ football supporters.
Everything you want to know about the world of cricket.
22 Beijing Olympics
en.beijing2008.cn
The official Olympics site, with news, scheduling, features and a countdown to the games themselves.
23 Radio Locator
www.radio-locator.com
From shock jocks to orchestral baroque, thousands of internet radio stations to listen to on your computer.
24 Live Plasma
www.liveplasma.com
Expand your music and movie tastes. Enter the name of a song, band, movie, actor or director you like and Live Plasma will return some pretty intelligent recommendations for further investigation.
A clever way of searching for video clips on the internet - from uploaded episodes of your favourite soap to comedy home-video moments.
26 Lulu
www.lulu.com
Self-publishing made smart again. Write, design and then print your own books - though youâll still have to persuade others to buy them.
28 Wonder How To
www.wonderhowto.com
Two great sites full of short videos showing you how to do almost anything, from the incredibly useful (exercises for diabetes sufferers, tying a Windsor knot) to the revelatory (âlearn different kinds of kissesâ), via the wonderfully obscure (âmake a moving jaw for your werewolf maskâ).
29 Instructables
www.instructables.com
DIY projects from zombie make-up to LED balloons. Excellent selection of rainy-day projects for bored children (and adults) at home.
Addictive series of Flash games including the hypnotically soothing Boomshine.
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Stuck on Zelda? The Net can help |
News, reviews, hints and tips for virtually every console game on the market. Essential if you are still up at 2am trying to find a way into the castle on Zelda.
32 Anagrammer
www.anagrammer.com
Online anagram machine for Scrabble players and crossword enthusiasts. Also solves Sudoku.
ADVICE AND INFORMATION
33 Newsmap
marumushi.com/apps/newsmap
A wonderfully graphical - and customisable - display of news stories from around the world. Click on an item to see the full story.
34 The Eggcorn Database
eggcorns.lascribe.net
Continually updated guide to modern-day Malapropisms, misunderstandings and other manglings of language. From âhigh dungeonâ to âwreckless drivingâ, Eggcorn names the culprits and nudges them in the right direction.
35 Arts and Letters Daily
www.aldaily.com
World-class articles from intellectual and influential journals around the world. Browse the dayâs selections. Like The Week for eggheads.
36 Ask Philosophers
www.askphilosophers.org
The academy comes to cyberspace. A panel of mainly American and British philosophy scholars answers questions sent in by the public. Search the database, from Abortion to War, or send in a question of your own.
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Muslims on a pilgrimage to Mecca, but when is the Hajj? |
Shows you the dates of Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu and American holidays from now to 2010.
38 Rhyme Zone
www.rhymezone.com
For when the muse has gone, a rhyme and synonym generator to help you towards the perfect mot. You can also search for Shakespeare quotations, biblical references and other literary inspirations.
39 Nationmaster
www.nationmaster.com
Giant but easily searchable database of statistics, maps and profiles for every country in the world.
40 Digg
www.digg.com
The peopleâs approach to news and features, Digg brings together items from across the net, ranked according to how many people have felt them worth recommending. Sometimes a little techie-heavy, but excellent for discovering what the cyberworld is getting worked up about.
41 They Work For You
www.theyworkforyou.com
A powerful way of keeping tabs on MPs and peers: attendance records, voting patterns, recent statements and more.
42 Time Bank
www.timebank.org.uk
Volunteering opportunities for young people, sorted by region, interest, skills and need.
43 Wikipedia
www.wikipedia.org
Controversial, democractic and sometimes error-strewn encyclopaedia that has brought Darwinism to the world of knowledge. Make it your first port of call for looking something up. Just be sure to check somewhere else that what you find makes sense.
44 Wiktionary
www.wiktionary.org
Wikipediaâs online multilingual dictionary. Immensely powerful and far less controversial than its encyclopaedic forebear.
The original - and still the best - personal finance site on the web (the American version is at www.fool.com). For savers, borrowers, stock spotters and day traders, sound, independent advice that cuts through the jargon.
46 Martindaleâs âThe Reference Deskâ
www.martindalecenter.com
From the arts, business, science and technology, a dry but authoritative conglomeration of data from around the world.
47 PubMed
Free and authoritative database of more than 17 million medical research papers. Not always easy to understand if you are not a medic, but a far better place to look for information than the random sites that come up on Google.
The internetâs version of that clever uncle who always seems to know the answer to your questions. There are few subjects the site doesnât tackle, though the coverage can be superficial. A good starting point for idle research.
49 NHS Direct
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
Online information and advice about health and illness, run by Britainâs National Health Service. The site includes a useful self-diagnosis tool that can reassure you that your hangover is not in fact meningitis.
50 Legal Services Shop
www.freelawyer.co.uk
General legal advice relating to housing, family law, employment, motoring, consumer issues and personal injury, plus wills, conveyancing and divorce. Good starting point to see where you stand. Will also, for a fixed fee, answer questions and put you in touch with a solicitor.
51 How Stuff Works
www.howstuffworks.com
Engaging encyclopaedia of the modern (and not so modern) world, with good illustrations and clear text. Can suffer sometimes from an âitâs amazing!â tone of voice..
52 XE
www.xe.com
Currency converter covering every world currency. Azerbaijan new manats to Cayman Island dollars? Just a click away.
53 Advice Guide
www.adviceguide.org.uk
Find where you stand legally with the Citizens Advice Bureauâs online information resource.
54 Need2Know
www.need2know.co.uk
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Advice and information for young people, including health and fitness, drugs, problems with bullying, how to study and applying for jobs.
55 Royal Horticultural Society
www.rhs.org.uk
Advice and suggestions from the worldâs leading gardening organisation. A good âhow-toâ section and seasonal tips for the time of year.
56 Babelfish
babelfish.altavista.com
Automatic translation to and from most European languages and Chinese. The results are sometimes a little strange, but you will usually get your message across.
57 eHow
www.ehow.com
How to do just about everything, from getting stains off curtains to buying a second-hand car.
58 Eat the Seasons
www.eattheseasons.co.uk
Updated weekly, information, tips and recipe ideas on British seasonal food.
59 Age Concern
www.ageconcern.org.uk
Website of Britainâs leading charity for the elderly, packed with advice about maintaining an active life.
60 Weather.com
www.weather.com
The queen of weather sites, with more information than you would possibly imagine you might need, from pollen counts to surf forecasts.
61 Uncyclopedia
uncyclopedia.org
Spoof Wikipedia-style encyclopaedia where nothing is true, but a good deal is very funny indeed. Idle away an afternoon or, even better, hone your comedy skills by making a contribution yourself.
62 Kiva
www.kiva.org
An easy way to lend small sums (from $25) to business projects in the developing world. Kiva keeps track of your investment, updates you on progress and repays your loan as the business grows.
63 Embarrassing problems
www.embarrassingproblems.co.uk
From bad breath and piles to cold sores and beyond, Dr Margaret Stearn dispenses invaluable advice.
HOUSE AND HOME
64 Noise Mapping England
www.noisemapping.org
Click on an area of the map to find out how noisy a street, or even a section of the street, is - handy for light sleepers planning a move. At the moment only London is mapped, but the rest of England will follow.
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Banner ads: find out how much properties on your street have sold for |
65 Prime Location
www.primelocation.com
One of the best sites for finding property. It is UK-based but has a good international presence.
66 Rated People
www.ratedpeople.com
User reviews on local tradesmen. You describe the job you need done and how quickly and suppliers contact you with quotes - with previous customers rating them.
Possibly the most dangerous site on this list, Zoopla gives sale prices of recently sold homes and - the tricky bit - estimates the value of the rest. We dare you not to look.
68 Money Saving Expert
www.moneysavingexpert.com
Subtitled âConsumer Revengeâ, this is where you find the discounts, tricks and tips to save money. The weekly email is essential reading for canny consumers. It caters only for Britain, but every country should have one.
69 MetaEfficient
www.metaefficient.com
Practical guide to making your home more environmentally friendly, from low-flow showerheads to 12V lighting. US-based, but many of the products are available elsewhere.
70 Design My Room
www.DesignMyRoom.com
For budding Laurence Llewellyn-Bowens everywhere, it provides the ability to redecorate your home in cyberspace. Choose colours, furniture, accessories and finishes and then publish the results online.
71 Up My Street
www.upmystreet.com
Neighbourhood information based on postcode: schools, shopping and, juciest of all, how much the house down the road sold for recently.
72 Home For Exchange
www.homeforexchange.com
One of many sites where you can swap homes with someone else for a period. This is less cluttered than some of the others and has a good geographical spread.
73 SimplySwitch
www.simplyswitch.com
The fast way to compare utility suppliers and other services, from broadband to home insurance. Enter your postcode and the site comes back with the best deals.
Enchanting recipe and foodie blog from a Californian cook who believes in good food. Subscribe to the email alert service and transform your cooking repertoire.
SOCIAL
The most grown-up (just) of the social-networking sites that are fast taking over the world. Excellent for staying in touch with far-flung friends, though pretty good too for re-establishing contact with those you hoped you had lost.
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Good old days: who needs the pub when you can socialise online? |
76 Wordpress
www.wordpress.com
The quickest and easiest way to create a blog of your own.
Like an online Mothersâ Union meeting (though sometimes a little more risquĂ©), Ringsurf is a chatroom where people exchange ideas about anything from politics to relationships. The quality is not always high, but users have been known to discover new (real-life) friends with interests they thought no one would share. A tribute to the information-sharing capability of the net.
Organise your thoughts by creating mindmaps online and sharing them with others.
79 Technorati
www.technorati.com
An intelligent, intuitive and inspiring way to read entries from some of the millions of blogs that dot the internet. You can browse by subject or area of interest, read the postings that are catching the worldâs attention and bookmark blogs that catch your attention. And if you want to join inâŠ
The website you graduate to once youâve discovered how to put your holiday snaps on the net. Here, everyoneâs photos are linked by using tags, such as âSpainâ, âbeachâ or âhappyâ, which sets you off on an exploration of othersâ uploads.
81 BabyCentre
www.babycentre.co.uk
There are plenty of great parenting forums out there - Netmums, Mumsnet - but this is still the best source of considered, authoritative, often soothing advice on everything from colic to tax credits.
82 Friction TV
www.friction.tv
YouTube for debaters. Upload a short video about an issue close to your heart and others reply in kind or by text.
SHOPPING
Gift ideas for when you canât think what to buy someone. You enter their age, sex and interests and how much you want to pay and it scours the net for ideas.
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Shopping on the high street, but better deals may be online |
Online shopping for (nearly) everything you might want to buy. The original auction formula is still going strong, but plenty more features have been added since it began. Take a look at non-UK sites, such as ebay.fr and ebay.de, too, for bargains others may have missed. The layout is the same even if you donât speak the language.
85 Who What Wear Daily
www.whowhatweardaily.com
Fashion tips, advice and suggestions. Includes Ask a Stylist for those tricky co-ordination problems and a What Was She Wearing? inquiry service to help you track down your favourite celebrityâs fashion choice.
Unabashedly straightforward classified ads site, for everything from new homes to online romance.
87 AbeBooks
www.abebooks.co.uk
The Amazon of the second-hand book world. More than 13,500 booksellers selling 110 million books. If itâs not here, itâs not worth looking for.
There are plenty of price-comparison sites on the web, but this one seems to get it right more often than most. Type in what you want to buy and Kelkoo will come back with the cheapest prices it can find.
A (digital) finger on the pulse of the technology world. All the newest developments, discoveries, gadgets and toys - before they hit the shops.
Discover more about wine by reviewing what youâve enjoyed and receiving tips and suggestions from others.
91 I Love Jeans
www.ilovejeans.com
Find the right jeans for your fit before you even leave home. A cheeky but revealing âbody typeâ guide takes you straight to the brand you should be trying. Search by style, body type or brand. Women only.
TRAVEL
92 Sky Scanner
www.skyscanner.net
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Take flight: book your getaway from your own PC |
Monitors prices and destinations for all the low-cost airlines so you just type in where you want to go and when to find the best deal.
93 The Man in Seat 61
www.seat61.com
Routes, tickets, tips and advice - the only guide you need to travelling by train from Britain to Europe and the rest of the world.
Online pedestrian routefinder for London, Birmingham, Newcastle and Edinburgh that shows you the best route to walk from A to B. Includes calorie counter, CO2 savings and points of interest on the way. Other cities coming soon.
95 Transport for London Journey Planner
journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk
Indispensable and almost always spot-on guide to negotiating the capitalâs public transport system. You enter your starting point and destination and it gives you the best bus, tube, cycle and even boat routes to get you across town.
96 ViaMichelin
www.viamichelin.com
A hi-tech hark-back to the days of leisurely motoring. ViaMichelin gives you maps, routes and directions throughout Britain and continental Europe with added panache. The maps have a pleasant printed quality about them and, naturally enough, your route is accompanied by gastronomic highlights to be found along the way. Thereâs also information about destinations.
97 Carbon Neutral
www.carbonneutral.com
Information on your carbon footprint and how to cut it down. Includes an online calculator to measure your effect on the world.
98 Expedia
Excellent all-round travel site. Use it for good prices on flights and holidays, but click on âDestinationsâ for some well-researched and up-to-date travel guides.
Aircraft seating plans, showing you the prime seats, possible annoyances and seats you should avoid.
100 Airline Meals
www.airlinemeals.net
A consumer guide to what you can expect to eat on board. There are news and features from the airline catering world, but the best part is a gallery of photos of on-board meals sent in by passengers and listed by airline.
101 World Hum
www.worldhum.com
Travel writing with a twist. Click on the destination you have in mind and be prepared to be inspired. The site also offers tavelogues, news, books reviews, blogs and slideshows.