Guidebooks and authors

If you bought a guidebook through our website, it will automatically appear in your library when you log in. If you purchased Cicerone guidebooks elsewhere, you can still register them in your library to receive free update info and GPX files, if we have them.

You can also create an account without buying directly from us. This lets you add all your Cicerone guides (as long as they’re in print) to get automatic updates and downloadable GPX files — without any obligation to receive additional emails from us, if that’s your preference.

To add a guidebook, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your Cicerone account or click “My Account.”
2. Click on “Add a Book.”
3. Enter the details to add your book to your library.

We know that a guidebook can be out of date as soon as it is printed, so we do our best to keep readers informed by sharing any updates we receive. Updates are available for free and can be found on the book's page or by subscribing to updates in your account. You can subscribe to all updates, or just the books you want. We send update emails every Friday, but you’ll only get an email if there’s something new to share.

We’re always grateful to readers who let us know about any discrepancies between the guidebook and the facts on the ground, so if you’ve noticed an error or a route change in a guidebook, please send us an update. We’ll pass your information to the author for future editions. Once verified, we’ll add it to the relevant book page as an update so all our customers can benefit.

We organise a reprint whenever our stock of a current guide runs low. Reprints include minor corrections and updates but aren’t full revisions. Many updates may already be available on our website’s Updates tab. Authors are contacted shortly before reprinting to confirm any needed changes, and they’re responsible for tracking any major updates while the guide is in print. An edition can remain in print with multiple reprints (updated as necessary) over several years.

A new edition is created when a guide becomes significantly out of date – whether due to content, design, or major changes in the area covered. New editions involve a complete refresh, with route checks, updated information, and sometimes new photos or maps.

On each guidebook’s page, you can find the last published date under the cover image, showing the date of its last print run (this can be the first print run of a particular edition or a reprint). Any interim updates appear under the Updates tab.

You can find second-hand copies of our guidebooks on sites like Amazon, AbeBooks, or eBay. Second-hand bookshops are also great places to look, though it might take a bit of searching! If a book has recently gone out of print, feel free to contact us – we may still have a few copies available. And if we get lots of requests for a particular guidebook, we’ll take note and consider making it available again.

We’ll do our best to answer your question ourselves, as the author may be away and unable to respond quickly. If your query is about a specific book, make sure to check the book page thoroughly – if you don’t find the answer there, let us know and we’ll add it. If you're after advice or guidance please have a look through Extra – there may be an article covering your issue.

However, sometimes you need to reach to the author directly and we’re happy to help in the following ways:

• If the author has a website or social media profiles, these details are available on their author page. We don’t provide authors’ email addresses on the site, as per their request.
• Alternatively, you can email us via the Contact Us page with the subject “I have a question for the author,” and we’ll pass your question along.