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Travel guidebook publisher Lonely Planet reached 1 million fans each on both Twitter and Facebook this week. To celebrate, the publisher has launched its “Thanks a Million” campaign, offering its Best in Travel 2013, the latest edition of the annual series that highlights the hottest travel destinations and trends for the year, as an eBook for free.  

To download, visit http://www.lonelyplanet.com/campaigns/one-million. It is available until March 31st, 2013 either as a PDF or as an iBooks-compatible ebook for the iPad/iPhone. 

About Lonely Planet:

Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Lonely Planet began in 1973 after co-founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler went on an epic, overland honeymoon trip and cobbled together at their kitchen table a guide of their journey for other travelers. Within a week, they sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born.

Lonely Planet is now the world’s leading travel content provider, with guidebooks to almost every destination on the planet, an award-winning website, over 150 mobile apps, ebooks for all its titles, and, of course, a dedicated travel community. To learn more, visit www.LonelyPlanet.com.

Source: Travmedia.com 

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