Google acquired Frommer’s Travel Guides from Wiley in 2012 — and then, last month, reportedly decided
to stop publishing them as print editions. Now Arthur Frommer, the
83-year-old founder of the brand, has bought Frommer’s back from Google
and will continue publishing the travel guides in print and digital
editions.
The AP reported the news
Wednesday night and quoted Frommer saying, “It’s a very happy time for
me. We will be publishing the Frommer travel guides in ebook and print
formats and will also be operating the travel site Frommers.com.” Google
confirmed the news
to Engadget, saying, “We can confirm that we have returned the
Frommer’s brand to its founder and are licensing certain travel content
to him.”
The purchase price was undisclosed. Google reportedly paid Wiley $22 million for Frommer’s last year. The travel site Skift first reported that Google would stop publishing the Frommer’s guides in print.
Frommer’s had published over 300 guidebooks since its founding in 1957.
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