“We had a big push last year to get a better alumni network together,” he said.
The new guides also include interviews with locals, such as a question and answer feature with a sausage vendor outside Fenway Park in Let’s Go Boston 2003.
Editors expect feedback on the redesign from St. Martin’s Press, which is in direct contact with bookstores, according to Brumagim.
Let’s Go also has a redesigned website, www.letsgo.com, with forums where users can post feedback and exchange travel tips.
“What we’ve heard so far has been very positive,” Dubner said.
“The graphics are great and they’re fresh,” said Harriet B. Carrier, a buyer for the Globe Corner Bookstore in Harvard Square. “The formatting inside is remarkably better, and the addition of the black and white photographs is a big plus.”
The broader price range of items included in the guides also “makes them a little more competitive,” she said.