Frommer’s
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| Founded | 1957 |
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| Founder | Arthur Frommer |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Distribution | Worldwide |
| Official website | www |
Frommer's is a travel guidebook series created by Arthur Frommer. Frommer's has expanded to include more than 350 guidebooks across 14 series, as well as other media including the radio show Frommer's Travel Show and the website Frommers.com. In 2007, Frommer's celebrated its 50th anniversary of guidebook publishing. Since May 2007, Arthur Frommer has been blogging about travel on the Frommers.com website.
In 1957, Arthur Frommer, a young corporal in the U.S. Army, wrote a travel guide for American GIs in Europe, and then produced a civilian version called Europe on $5 a Day. The book ranked popular landmarks and sights in order of importance and included suggestions on how to travel around Europe on a budget. It was the first travel guide to show Americans that they could afford to travel in Europe. Arthur Frommer returned to the United States and began practicing law. During that time, he continued to write and also began to self-publish guidebooks to additional destinations, including New York, Mexico, Hawaii, Japan and the Caribbean. In 1977, Frommer’s trademark was sold to Simon & Schuster, Inc. Pearson bought the reference division of Simon & Schuster in 1998 and sold it to IDG Books in 1999. John Wiley & Sons acquired IDG Books (renamed Hungry Minds) in 2001. Arthur’s daughter, Pauline Frommer, was writing her own series of travel guidebooks and continuing the Frommer’s travel legacy.
On August 13, 2012, it was announced that Google was acquiring Frommer's for an undisclosed sum of money, and will be merging operations with Google's Zagat business.
On March 2013, it was reported that Google ended the manufacturing of Frommer's guidebooks.
On April 2013, it was announced that the Frommer's brand has been reacquired by Arthur Frommer and his daughter Pauline Frommer. He scheduled October that year to release the next batch of guidebooks. As of July 2013, Arthur Frommer struck a deal with Publishers Group West to distribute and promote Frommer's books.
More than 75 million books have been sold since Frommer’s inception in 1957. Over 350 titles are available in the following series:
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