Best-selling Murcia Travel Guide Authors Give It All Away for Free

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Best-selling Murcia Travel Guide Authors Give It
All Away for Free and Let Readers Be The Experts
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Murcia-based authors, Debbie Jenkins and her husband Marcus,
first wrote their book, "Going Native in Murcia" to solve a
problem they had when it came to getting solid, reliable and
comprehensive information on the Murcia region - there wasn't
any!

But now, after successfully releasing the second edition of
their best-selling Murcia travel guide they've decided to
give all their town and city guides away for free on their
website at NativeSpain.com

You could be forgiven for thinking the sun has gone to their
head but they have a plan to publish the first truly
collaborative travel guide in print - written by the people
for the people.

Debbie says, "We first wrote our book because nobody else
had written much about the Murcia region. But the demand for
us to release a new edition every 12-18 months (to keep the
content fresh) would mean a full time job. Plus, we can't
possibly know EVERYTHING there is to know about Murcia and
we want the third edition to be even bigger and better than
this one when we release it next Winter."

Marcus adds, "So we thought, wouldn't it be cool if our
readers could get together and write their own travel guide
- just like us?"

The Jenkins' soon realised that in order to get people
involved in editing, adding to and updating the content
they'd need to give them free and easy access to it. So
they've decided to give it all away for free so everyone can
benefit from the team effort.

Complete town and city listings are already on the site and
if your favourite town, restaurant or hotel isn't included
then Debbie and Marcus encourage you to add it and have your
say.

Much of what gets added to this website over the next year
will be published in the third edition of "Going Native in
Murcia" with all contributors being credited.

And despite some people thinking that this website will harm
book sales, Debbie and Marcus remain optimistic. Debbie
explains, "Even if all this information is on the web -
there is no substitute for a book that can be taken to the
beach, left in your car, stuffed in a bag and read on the
plane."

Marcus continues, "NativeSpain.com will become much more
than an information site because it also enables people to
network and make friends."

The second edition of "A Brit's Scrapbook: Going Native In
Murcia" is available from BookWorld Espana, on Amazon and in
all good bookshops from now. Free access to all the town and
city guides can be found at www.NativeSpain.com

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NOTES FOR EDITORS
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A Brit's Scrapbook: Going Native In Murcia (second edition)

Authors: Debbie Jenkins & Marcus Jenkins
Price: £14.99
Pages: 232
ISBN: 1905430213
Format: Paperback
Release Date: July 2005

Review Copies can be requested via:
http://www.bookshaker.com
Call: 0870 005 6250
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About The Authors
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Marcus and Debbie Jenkins live with their
dogs (Dani and Fuggles) in the mountains above a
village with a population of just 101 people.
They both left behind their big city lives in
the UK while taking their jobs with them. Marcus,
who also took the photographs, is a software
consultant. Debbie is an entrepreneur, publisher
and marketer.

Website: http://www.NativeSpain.com

Interview The Authors
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Debbie and Marcus have been interviewed on radio
and TV both in Spain and the UK and are happy to
be interviewed for your show or publication.
To make arrangements send an email to:
mailto:interview@bookshaker.com

Images
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1) Book Jacket (available on request)
2) Photographs of the region and the authors (available
   on request)