What is a Travelman?

What is a Travelman?
"Alexander Waugh tells Eliza Charlton about his publishing brainwave."
		The Telegraph
"Portable, Convenient, Cheap, disposable and a good read for the smallest pocket."
		The Times
Pocket-sized and easy to read, Travelman Short Stories are carefully chosen from the widest range of classic and modern fiction. You do not have to open your Travelman right out as it is designed to be read like a book. Each of these collectable editions is published in numbered series and colour-coded to one of several categories - Classics, Suspense, Adventure, Science-Fiction, Comedy, Crime and Romance are among them. "Our intention" says publishing director Alexander Waugh, "is to build a public perception of the Travelman short story as a jazzy, up-market, well-edited product. We are convinced that the short story is a woefully under-exploited genre." Waugh, grandson of Evelyn Waugh, has assembled a team of reps to sell into bookshops and newsagents across the United Kingdom and has pulled together an impressive editorial panel.
	This includes Martin Amis, Beryl Bainbridge and Dame Muriel Spark, as well as literary editors Ferdinand Mount (The Times Literary Supplement) and Mark Amory (The Spectator) and Waugh's own father Auberon, editor of the Literary Review.Eight new titles will be published every month, and the prospect of specially designed plastic display units and hip-high plinths promises shops a wide range of unusual ways to market this new concept of folded fiction to the widest possible audience. With current orders far exceeding the initial expected demand, Travelman Publishing is already confident of a tremendous commercial success. "We're unashamedly setting out to make people feel that reading these stories will be an improving experience, " says Alexander Waugh. To read more of this press release click here.
Travelman books have been chosen to receive a millenium award by the Design Coucil. This is an award for Britain's best, most innovative products and services. Innitiated to show that Britain is one of the most creative and innovative nations on Earth. To find out more about Millenium Products click here. Here you can access full details on Millennium Products chosen so far, and see how the Design Council is helping British business to become even more innovative for the future.