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Author navigates publishing world
Written by Corwin Gibson   
Thursday, 14 March 2013 11:13

Local author and hiker Brian J. Lane saw a hole in the book industry devoted to hiking guides, and decided to fill it. Author, hiker and Sedona resident Brian J. Lane now has two hiking guidebooks under his belt, with the newest devoted to the Four Corners region.Citing a lack of detailed, user-friendly guides to the Grand Canyon, the Massachusetts native set about turning his experiences in the canyonlands into the very thing he felt other hikers of all skill levels would appreciate and find useful, and self-published his first book, “Hikernut’s Grand Canyon Companion” in 2007.

“I looked at all the guides out there, and the maps are awful or they underestimate the length of time it takes to hike a trail. They don’t have a lot of good pictures,” he said. “A lot of them are very general books; I thought it should be more specific.”

The book proved to be a hit, earning a Benjamin Franklin Award from the Independent Book Publisher’s Association, and gaining the attention of a publisher who picked up “Hikernut’s Grand Canyon Companion” for a new edition.

For the full story, see the Wednesday, March 13, edition of the Sedona Red Rock News.

Last Updated on Thursday, 14 March 2013 13:35
 

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