360 Degrees Longitude: Guest Blog from Author John Higham

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September 8, 2009

blog 360lng geview 300x201 360 Degrees Longitude: Guest Blog from Author John HighamIt was a pleasure to participate in John and his family’s world trip in Google Earth. John was great to work with every step of the way, and has been gracious to share his thoughts:

“When I wrote my travel memoir, 360 Degrees Longitude, I wanted the reader to connect to the places and events in the book in a powerful way.  It was obvious to me that intertwining the books trajectory with Google Earth would not only lift the story off the pages, but would be unique in the publishing world.  When I first contacted concept3D to help do something that had never been done before, they enthusiastically accepted the challenge.  The only real instructions I was able to give them was ‘I want my Mom to be able to figure out how to use it’ and ‘I want it to be slick.’  They delivered handsomely on both requirements. In less than two months we sold out of our first printing and readers have raved about how the Google Earth layer gives them a sense of what it is like to visit places, say, like rural Africa, that they simply wouldn’t be able to otherwise.”

Find out what readers are saying and buy the book on Amazon.

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