Hi everybody! It’s been a while since we’ve posted to the blog, mostly because we’ve been cranking away getting things ready for our public beta this fall. We just pushed out some pretty big changes, and there’s lots more coming down the road.  Here’s some details on the major changes in this release:

• We heard from those of you who are trip planners who want to come back to your book over and over again before you leave on your trip. You told us that you want to add & edit information like itineraries and extra chapters on places to go, people to see, and things to do. Now you can do that - and still make sure to get your printed book a few days before you leave on your trip. This also gives you the additional benefit of getting the most up-to-date event listings, weather reports, currency exchange rates, festival information, and the like, printed up right before you depart.  And there’s a “print now” button for people who don’t want to wait. 
• You can rebuild guides up until the last day of your trip - so if you want to download the guide while you’re in your hotel room or on the go, you can take advantage of getting the latest and greatest information, right at your fingertips.
• Email reminders: You’ll now be emailed reminders about your trip every other week (or month, if its more than 6 weeks away) so that you can keep track of your trip, and make sure to add in any extra info you want into the book.

We made a bunch of usability improvements as well, based on your feedback:

• When you preview a section on the table of contents page, all sections inside of it show up in the preview (and are grayed out if it’s unchecked)
• We’ve moved the coupon code field to make it more obvious to you that if you’re using a coupon for a free book, a credit card isn’t necessary
• A/B tests are now also implemented, so we can now test different layouts and see how people respond to them

There’s lots more coming, and I promise that we’ll stay in touch as we roll out more fixes and changes…