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| Amy, the writer of Sydney Travel Guide is here! |
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June 24th, 2008 |
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What makes you hava faith in a4trip?
To be honest, I am still not sure how the guides will sell, however I know a company has to start from somewhere, even Lonely Planet a long time ago was just a small back office printing, so it’s in my best interest to try to make it work for everyone. In a sense, it’s my way to contributing to the guidebook community, having bought quite a few there are always ways to improve on traveller’s experiences with guidebooks. Being a travel agent means I get first hand customer feedback on their experiences travelling so it’s also a great “side” thing to do for me as a form of research!
Why you would accept the royalty fee offer, not a one-shot pay?
I figured that being a start up company a4trips are not going to have the money to pay their writers, just like all of us and how we started (having done a few ‘free’ jobs myself for my feature articles) and being writers we all know there isn’t that much money in writing anyway. If I (we) can create something different for the travellers in terms of our guidebook offerings and produce good quality product, the word will spread and eventually it’ll sell. It’ll take a while, but nothing comes easy in life.
How do you describe a4friends?
It certainly is full of cheery people! Understandably everyone is still learning, about the business and about the markets. The website has drastically improved since I joined so I am very please to see that! I’ll leave it in the hands of those developing the online communities. I’ll just keep to what I am good at: being a travel consultant and writing :)
How is your writing process?
I have been a little slack and not following my timeline. The framework is pretty flexible as explained to each writer in the beginning so I am happy with that. I just need to find time to dedicate myself to write!
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| 7 Responses to “Amy, the writer of Sydney Travel Guide is here!” |
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| Shirley said: |
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| June 24th, 2008 |
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Hi Amy! I’m Shirley. Nice to meet you. I’ve been to Sydney last year. I was studying in Melbourne and I went there with my housemate during the semester break. Sydney is a very nice place. It somehow reminded me of KL.
The most unforgettable experience was I got to meet up-close and personal with Mark Jensen, the chef of Red Lantern, who is also the star chef on Ready, Steady, Cook (A popular cooking show in Australia).
Check out my blogpost on the trip to Sydney http://sweetnov86.blogspot.com/search/label/Sydney
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| Ryanne said: |
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| June 25th, 2008 |
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Amy shares lots of tips with us in her Sydney travel guide :)
Nice meeting you all!!
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| pin said: |
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| June 25th, 2008 |
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Amy, thanks for your support! My friend told me before, big company starts from small. We will make it one day, yet we are not small – we have a big team of cheerful and passionate a4 friends :)
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| Marcus said: |
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| September 2nd, 2008 |
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Thanks amy for the 1st completed draft! It looks wonderful~ Barbara is working on it now and after that, we’ll be able to launch it soon! :D
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| Ryanne said: |
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| September 2nd, 2008 |
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Congrats Amy!!
Can’t wait to see the launching of the Sydney guide!
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| Roxanne said: |
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| October 25th, 2008 |
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Well written article.
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| Donelle said: |
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| October 28th, 2008 |
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Interesting to know.
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