This is a support site for readers of the guidebook Greek Island Hopping.

It contains updates to the details supplied in the current edition and general information for those considering buying the book.

All page numbers listed on this site refer to sections in the printed book.

Mac users will find that this site is best viewed using Internet Explorer 5.

 

This year will see this web site grow considerably. As well as supporting the Greek Island Hopping guidebook (with regular updates to the ferry and island information in the current edition), this site will be used to host the beginnings of an online Greek Island Hopping e-guide (see below).

 

 

This site will develop significantly over the next few years. We will be putting more and more material online - so if you are a regular island hopper it will be worthwhile popping back from time to time.

Some pundits are predicting that within a decade most guidebooks will be published online. Until internet access is easier on the ground, the prospects are obviously limited, but web publishing is the future. The internet offers the prospect of constantly updated, much larger guidebooks that can be sold much more cheaply (as there are no printing or book retailer commission costs).

Given the rapidly changing nature of the Greek island scene, there is an obvious case for Greek Island Hopping making an early move to an internet format, and we are now looking at the options. These range from a support site for the existing book (which provides additional information for those that want it), to a full-blown subscriber site that would contain the equivalent of a 2,500-3,000 page guidebook - complete with a weekly updated ferry timetable for all ports.

If you have any thoughts on how we could develop this project the author would be interested to hear them. Meantime, he has already begun work on the building blocks of this next-generation online book: a rolling 3D model construction programme is now underway (samples below) that will see the top 70 Greek islands recreated - complete with towns, roads, landmarks and beaches - in preparation for the day when easy ADSL broadband internet access is the norm in Greece, and a fast, online, interactive guidebook can be a reality.