ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><!-- InstanceBegin template="/Templates/ishowandgo_general.dwt" codeOutsideHTMLIsLocked="false" --> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="doctitle" --> <title>i Show and Go! About the Show and Go!"! Collection</title> <meta name="Keywords" content="pocketbook travel guide, travel tool, Beijing Show and Go!, Show and Go!" /> <meta name="Description" content="Show and Go! travel guide collection, the most innovative pocketbook travel guides. Designed for people who don't know the local language--the pocketbook travel guide allows travelers to communicate during their trips in another country without knowing the local language." /> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> <link href="style/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="head" --> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> </head> <body class="oneColFixCtr"> <div id="container"> <div id="banner_area"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="38%"> <br/> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="EditRegionBannerLogo" --><a href="index.html"><img src="images/logo_pickacity_ishowandgo_w244.gif" alt="www.ishowandgo.com" border="0" /></a><!-- InstanceEndEditable --> </td> <td width="62%" valign="bottom"> <div align="right"> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="EditRegionBannerLink" --> <a href="index.html"><img src="images/button_home.gif" alt="Home Page for ishowandgo.com" border="0"/></a>&nbsp; <a href="pickacity.html"><img src="images/button_sample.gif" alt="Sample Pages of the Show and Go! Pocketbook Travel Guide" border="0"/></a>&nbsp; <a href="http://www.whitesongbooks.com/store.aspx?Refcd=ishowandgo" target="_blank"><img src="images/button_buy.gif" alt="Buy the Show and Go! Pocketbook Travel Guide" border="0"/></a>&nbsp; <a href="download.html"><img src="images/button_download.gif" alt="Downloadable Pages of the Show and Go! Pocketbook Travel Guide" border="0"/></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <hr /> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> <br/> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="mainContent"> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="EditRegion1" --> <h1 class="h1_style">About the Show and Go!"! Collection</h1> <div class="bodystyle" id="IndentLefRight"> The <span class="body_brand_showandgo_blue">Show and Go!"! </span> travel guide series is a collection of handy pocketbooks. The guide books are simple and easy to use. They help travelers navigate in a foreign country while not knowing the local language.<br /> <br /> The idea is simple with a <span class="body_brand_showandgo_blue">Show and Go!"! </span> pocketbook, you show the page that has what you want to communicate to a cabdriver, hotel clerk, or someone on the street they'll point the way and you will find what you need.<br /> <br /> This travel guide has many innovative features that make it stand out from other typical travel books on the market today. It is the same size as a business card, so it can easily fit into a user's pocket. It contains a small city map for quick reference and the basic words for a traveler to get around from day to day. Users also have access to the latest content updates via this website, <a href="http://www.ishowandgo.com/" target="_blank">www.ishowandgo.com</a>. Whether on business or just vacationing, the <span class="body_brand_showandgo_blue">Show and Go!"! </span> travel guide is a handy item to have. <br /><br /> <div style="float:left; padding-right: 12px;"><img src="images/book.thumb_shanghai_show_and_go_w151.gif" alt="Shanghai Show and Go! book cover" /> </div> The newest in the collection, <span class="item_title">Shanghai Show and Go!</span>, came out in April 2010. Each page of the book has both English and Chinese with the Mandarin pronunciation, Pinyin, which shows the user how to actually say the Chinese words! These pages are full of useful travel phrases and information that help the user ask directions and get emergency assistance. Other pages include information on how to use Shanghai transportation (bus, subway, train, taxi), the local phone, and favorite Shanghai dishes.<br /> <br /> The authors of the book are a wife-husband team residing in the San Francisco Bay Area, Song and Adam White. Song is a language and cultural consultant. She came up with the idea for this helpful book after having seen many travelers suffer and miss out on many fun activities due to the language barrier. Adam is an IT consultant and a frequent traveler. After undergoing several rounds and a couple years of testing and selecting, they finalized a book of 66 business card-sized pages, that include a phone directory of important numbers, places to shop, sights to see, table manners, local holidays and time zones.<br /><br /> "The book is such a clever idea. Rather than try to pronounce and cause frustration, just point at the sentence or word. It's very easy to understand, and I can see how it is valuable when traveling," said Wendy J. Shepard of San Francisco. <br /><br /> <div style="float:left; padding-right: 12px;"><img src="images/book.thumb_beijing_show_and_go_w151.gif" alt="Beijing Show and Go! book cover" /> </div> The 1st in the series, <span class="item_title">Beijing Show and Go!</span>, was introduced in 2008. It has helped many travelers in getting around Beijing since then. Both <span class="item_title">Beijing Show and Go!</span> and <span class="item_title">Shanghai Show and Go!</span> are published by White Song Books. They can be ordered from <a href="http://www.whitesongbooks.com/store.aspx?Refcd=ishowandgo" target="_blank">www.whitesongbooks.com</a>.<br /> <br /> Other cities in the Show and Go!"! travel guides collection pipeline include Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Xi'an, Chengdu, Guilin, Taipei, and Moscow.<br /><br /><br /> </div> <img src="images/book3d.thumb.8unp_show_and_go_w772.gif" alt="Other cities in the Show and Go!"! Collection" /> <br /> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> <br /><br /> <div align="right" class="footer"> <a href="about.html">About</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="contact.html">Contact</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <hr /> Show and Go!"! Copyright © 2011 <a href="http://www.whitesongbooks.com/Default.aspx?Refcd=ishowandgo" target="_blank">White Song Books.</a> All rights reserved. </div> <br /><br /> <!-- end #mainContent --></div> <!-- end #container --></div> </body> <!-- InstanceEnd --></html>