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BAJA CALIFORNIA ALMANAC BACK IN STOCK

bajajudy - 12-6-2013 at 05:19 PM

We have just purchased the remaining inventory of the 2009 edition of the BAJA CALIFORNIA ALMANAC.
Holiday special price will be $30 US plus shipping available on our website [url]http//:www.bajabooksandmaps.com[/url] until January 1st when the price will be $35 plus shipping. The Almanac will also be available at selected stores in Baja Sur and at Baja Books and Maps in San Jose del Cabo. Wholesale inquiries are welcome.
almanacs
maybe this will work

[Edited on 12-8-2013 by bajajudy]

woody with a view - 12-6-2013 at 05:59 PM

Score!

David K - 12-6-2013 at 06:26 PM

So is Landon retiring... or hopefully going to revise it again... ?

ncampion - 12-6-2013 at 08:02 PM

Sure wish they would go back to the smaller format, it's so much easier to manage. I appreciate the larger pages, but would like to see an 8 x 10 format with more pages.

LaPazGringo - 12-6-2013 at 09:03 PM

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Originally posted by David K
So is Landon retiring... or hopefully going to revise it again... ?


A 2014 revision would be fabulous. :yes:

New Book Venture

bajaguy - 12-6-2013 at 10:59 PM

David........since you now have experience publishing and selling books, why don't you take on the almanac project???

8x11 1/2 size, color, and laminated pages and spiral bound........you would have a best seller!!!
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Originally posted by David K
So is Landon retiring... or hopefully going to revise it again... ?

Hook - 12-6-2013 at 11:18 PM

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Originally posted by LaPazGringo
Quote:
Originally posted by David K
So is Landon retiring... or hopefully going to revise it again... ?


A 2014 revision would be fabulous. :yes:


And would finally be out in 2016. :tumble:

Great idea, bajaguy! It's a perfect project for David.

David K - 12-6-2013 at 11:59 PM

Yes, agree... I NEED a project (that pays more than posting on Nomad)!

How I would love to produce a new Almanac, at 8.5 x 11 inches or smaller?, but double the detail, so everything is easily readable... and correct the errors, including the wrong latitude numbers! :cool:

motoged - 12-7-2013 at 02:23 AM

David,
I would buy several....:saint:

Barry A. - 12-7-2013 at 06:08 AM

What Motoged said.

Barry

bajaguy - 12-7-2013 at 07:56 AM

Two volumes, north and south like the original.......spiral bound and laminated.......a killer!!!!

Jump on it, Dude!!!
Quote:
Originally posted by David K
Yes, agree... I NEED a project (that pays more than posting on Nomad)!

How I would love to produce a new Almanac, at 8.5 x 11 inches or smaller?, but double the detail, so everything is easily readable... and correct the errors, including the wrong latitude numbers! :cool:

Ken Cooke - 12-7-2013 at 08:19 AM

Click my YouTube link (lower right) to see David thumbing through his Baja maps that he keeps handy. David would be a natural at this.:yes:



[Edited on 12-7-2013 by Ken Cooke]

Neal Johns - 12-7-2013 at 08:25 AM

DK, Google Earth is your friend when making a good map book - and so are the Nomads who have traveled many of the faint lines on GE. We will help!
Neal

David K - 12-7-2013 at 09:24 AM

OK OK... in the meantime, do shop with Baja Judy and buy up the last of the 2009 Almanacs!

Now, I need a sponsor so I can focus on this new project! :light::yes:

bajaguy - 12-7-2013 at 09:38 AM

Get your Baja contacts to set up a meeting with SECTURE (The State Tourism Board) chief Óscar Escobedo Carignan.

I'm sure you could also get sponsorships from businesses in Baja that would like to increase tourism.


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Originally posted by David K
OK OK... in the meantime, do shop with Baja Judy and buy up the last of the 2009 Almanacs!

Now, I need a sponsor so I can focus on this new project! :light::yes:

BajaBooksAndMaps.com

David K - 12-7-2013 at 11:53 AM

Get them while they last! Landon Crumpton's Map Books



L to R: Original size of Baja Topo Atlas (1991 pictured), 8.5"x11" Baja Almanac (2003 pictured), 2009 Baja Almanac.

roverdude - 12-7-2013 at 12:24 PM

Thanks! Ordered mine.

bajajudy - 12-7-2013 at 12:35 PM

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Originally posted by roverdude
Thanks! Ordered mine.

Thank you!!!

bryanmckenzie - 12-7-2013 at 04:18 PM

All I know is that I bought the last one in Mulege at the gift shop about three weeks ago, on Ave General Martinez just east of Zaragosa. Through dumb luck I asked the store owner if they had one and she said "yes, last one."

Epilog ... the bottle of Kahlua in my suitcase shattered in-flight, soaking through the brand new Baja Almanac protective plastic cover and damaging the "southern" ends of all the pages. Mercifully, my clothing soaked up the brunt of the liter and a water rinse and sun drying managed to save the almanac (no gooey, sticky pages, no loss of printed ink).



[Edited on 2013-12-7 by bryanmckenzie]

BajaRat - 12-7-2013 at 05:28 PM

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Originally posted by Barry A.
What Motoged said.

Barry


what they said :cool:

P.S. Judy, I'm having trouble with that link :?:

BajaRat - 12-7-2013 at 05:31 PM

got it now, just typed it in. ;D

Just bought one, Thanks Judy

[Edited on 12-8-2013 by BajaRat]

BajaWarrior - 12-9-2013 at 05:54 PM

Just ordered one up, don't have this large one so this will be a nice addition.

Thank you!

marek - 12-11-2013 at 12:05 PM

If I have the 2003 version(s), how different is this one (aside from being one book)?

Thanks

David K - 12-11-2013 at 12:25 PM

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Originally posted by marek
If I have the 2003 version(s), how different is this one (aside from being one book)?

Thanks


A bit... the book is 1/3 or more bigger the size and the maps are LESS detailed... but still the best available.

In the 2003 edition an inch was about 4 miles, and the 2009 edition an inch is about 7 miles.

The improvement, besides newer road data and mileages on some roads, is that the maps in 2009 overlap each other so that you can see a bit into the next page and not search for the same point because of the finite cut-off of the 2003 maps.

The 2009 edition does have several typos with the latitude numbers on the sides of the maps... all that was discussed and listed here on Nomad back in 2009. 'bajalou' found them first, I think!

bajajudy - 12-13-2013 at 06:54 PM

Thanks Nomads for the great response!!
All orders that have been received as of today are on their way to you.
Happy travels!