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Excellent series of free ebooks about several cities in Polska


Turbowicz  4 | 13  
28 Apr 2014 /  #1
From the In Your Pocket ("Is that a guidebook in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?" [Apologies to the late Mae West, from She Done Him Wrong, 1933]) city-guide series, along with interesting short articles about people and places: inyourpocket.com/static/downloads.html

Cześć.
Harry  
28 Apr 2014 /  #2
Excellent series of free ebooks about several cities in Polska

Excellent? Hmm, I'd say that a good chunk of them are an example of 'you get what you pay for'. Admittedly, there are worse advertiser-driven publications out there but there are also better sources than IYP.
PMazur  
29 Apr 2014 /  #3
Axe to grind, Harry? Is there an English language publication in Poland that hasn't turned down your poor writing/sacked you?
Harry  
29 Apr 2014 /  #4
Axe to grind, Harry?

None at all. It's just that people need to be aware that in publications where advertisers pay all the bills advertisers have a very big say in what is and is not said in the publication. A great example would be Namaste curry house in Warsaw: it's widely regarded as one of the best in Poland but for years (after the owner of it and the boss of IYP Poland had a disagreement about advertising) the place wasn't even mentioned in InYourPocket. Another example would be Tandoor Palace: it was widely regarded for years as the worst curry in Warsaw but a nice large advert made sure that the review it got was brilliant.

Is there an English language publication in Poland that hasn't turned down your poor writing/sacked you?

No English language publication in Poland which I have ever offered work to turned me down and the only times I have stopped working for publications are either when the publication closed or hadn't paid me for more than three months without agreement to delay payment.

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