Successful crowdfunding edition at Libros.com

We got it! a while ago we  decided at Libros.com to try a new way of book edition in Spain. We found an author and made him the proposal. The idea it was to edit a book if we get the support of the future readers. So we would publish his book only if we get the minimum support for his book, that in this case it was 3.000 EUR.

For this first time, we count on Lorenzo Silva, a very well known author in Spain who has published many books and gotten the prestigous Nadal Prize in 2000.

The proposal for the future readers was to support the edition by paying different amounts to pre-book the ebook, the paper book, the paper book with the author’s autograph… And all the possibilities include the name of the person who has support the edition in the thankful page. You can have a look of it (in Spanish) at the Crowdfunding page at Libros.com

Los trabajos y los días, Lorenzo Silva

The limit to get the needed funding was 30 days, and last night, after 28 days from the day we launched this initiative, we got it! This book will be now a reality and published thanks to (by now) 406 supporters.

Crowdfunding "Los trabajos y los días"

Crowdfunding "Los trabajos y los días"

To all of them, a big thanks. And thanks and congratulations to Lorenzo Silva to believe in another way to edit books, and to the whole team of iClicko and Libros.com to make this possible.

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The Epic Rovaniemi150

Last weekend, from Saturday morning until midday on Sunday, took place in Rovaniemi the Rovaniemi150. In this competition the contestant have to complete 150km around Rovaniemi area on foot or by bike. The route cross frozen rivers and lakes, goes deep in the forest, and also through few b-roads.

The participants need to carry a mandatory gear, mainly to survive in the winter Arctic conditions if the get lost, cold, etc.

The alma mater and the organizer of this event is Alex Simón, a crazy enough guy that has participated in the Iditarod last year Continue reading

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(Español) Trabajar en Finlandia y los programas de “XXX por el Mundo”

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Once again… FITUR!

Every year since 2004 I lknow that in mid/end January I’ll be visiting  my home town Madrid… or shall I say the World? Because actually I will be there to attend to FITUR, the International Travel Fair with more than 166 countries/regions exhibiting there.

Last edition there were more than 10.000 companies registered, but many others who are not registered as a exhibitors but they attend as a visitors to to their business.

FITUR is the right fair to start the year, to prepare the coming summer and further times… like the business in 2013.

My plan this year is to meet mainly Spanish Tour Operators interested in Lapland and Finland as a destination, and attend to different meetings and workshops about travel and social media.

Beside this, I will still spend few extra days to visit incentive houses in Madrid and probably Barcelona.

And among all… see lots of friends from the travel industry! I hope to see you all :)

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The celebration of the 500 post & 2000 comments at El blog de Finlandia

Everything started in July 2009, when I was trying to find not only a good place about information about Finland, but also a good place where to ask and solve doubts about the trip to this fantastic destination in Spanish language. The search was in vain.

I’ve been living in Finland since 2001, and working in tourism since then. I love this country, so I decide to start this project to help other to know Finland and even help them with their future trips to this destination.

 

Special cake for the celebration :)

Special cake for the celebration :)

Today, and thanks to the work of Almudena (writing daily), iClicko (developing what I need, like the part where real travellers can share their own trips to Finland), other co-operators and myself (writing and answering all the questions), we have reached the 500 post and almost 2000 comments.

Special thanks as well to all the visitors and readers, who are the responsible to create a community around the blog, asking questions and posting their experiences.

I would like to thank to all the sponsors we have had so far: Travelkids, Travelfriends, CataiWild North, Salla, Ruka, St.Lapland, Kemijärvi, Saariselkä, Rovaniemi, Rukan Salonki, City Hotel… I hope we can work togther still in the promotion of this great country.

To celebrate this, I ordered a nice cake wich Almudena has most probably eaten already :)

Thank you all!

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