I love travelling, and I love the Lonely Planet books. Part of the travel experience for me is…read moregoing through a Lonely Planet book before (and during) my trip and highlighting things that sound interesting (and then bookmarking them on Yelp). Over the past five years, I've done quite a bit of travelling in Europe, Asia, and the US, and I've used the Lonely Planet guide books for each trip. In my collection, I have the Iceland, Sweden, Prague & the Czech Republic, Washington DC, San Francisco, and Myanmar (Burma) Lonely Planet books; the rest I borrowed from the library (no, I don't highlight library books!). Some books are better than others, and the one I found most useful was the Prague book. Most books also come with a map, and the Prague map was also excellent. One thing to note with the books is to use the information contained as a starting point to get ideas on what to see and do, but to confirm specific information, such as pricing and opening hours, on the business website or from a local source, as this type of information may have changed since the book was printed. [Yelp collections: Libraries and Bookstores]

I ordered two travel guides and when they came, I realized I already had a recent version of one of…read morethem. At Lonely Planet's direction, I returned the book I didn't need, without even opening it (and paid for the shipping). When I heard nothing back for about ten days, I checked into it and was told that since Lonely Planet had just switched its online shop to a new provider, I couldn't get a refund. So, they have the book, and can even re-sell it, but they have refused to give me a refund. I have requested a refund several times and they steadfastly refuse.

I have worked with Wilsted and Taylor for several months publishing my book. I chose them after…read moreconsultation with a couple of museums who had worked with them. MY entire experience was fabulous. Everything was extremely businesslike and they did exactly what they said they'd do for the price they quoted me. I am very pleased with my book. I feel like I made a couple of new friends, especially Christine who was in charge of the project and Melody who is a charming person and a talented editor who made suggestions although it was always clear it was my book. I recommend W&T without reservation.

What a pleasure it is to work with publishers who value books and care about customers. I've…read morepublished two books through Wilsted & Taylor, and found them unusually considerate, fair, and responsive. Quotes have been clear, in writing, and did not change once the bill was due. This firm receives an 'A' for integrity!

They are very nice, professional and published my business name for a very good price and even…read morefiled an affidavit of publication for me free of charge. Five stars for their five star service!! If you need to file your business name with a newspaper, do it with this one!! Specially if you filed your DBA in martinez, they are 2 blocks from the court house.

Good newspaper for the bay area community. Well go around information and advertisements.read more

This is such a great resource for the Bay Area music scene. These guys are good friends with the…read morepeople who run sonic living (they share a building over), and I have the say, between the two sites I've started spending so much more money on concerts and know about so many more bands. The owl mag is great because not only do they throw monthly parties, but they give away free tickets. I happened to get my hands on some of them. Winning free tickets is like winning the lottery, only you don't have to decide what to do with the money. As far as content on the web page, they seem to have a good staff of writers, as all the reviews are well composed and up to date. I don't often buy CD's so seeing the reviews here can often say me one way or the other.

Hunza Graphics is the best printer I know…read more We have been using Hunza Graphics to print our business cards, letterhead, envelopes, thank you cards, feedback forms and newsletters since 2003. Every time I use another printer I regret it. The professionals at Hunza graphics are fabulous. I mean ... they do what they say they will do at the the price they quote. Their quality is unsurpassed. They will do their best ... ask for John McCutchen ... he is a champ! He has come through for me on so many projects. He offers his best prices and he is a master at great customer service. They hand deliver every order to my door. Remember ... it is a print shop. Ask for a tour to see how a real print shop works. Ask to see samples of their work. You will be impressed.

The motto of every graphic design industry I've been in is: "Can I get that yesterday?"…read more Hunza provided quality support and customer care from the first call. While another local shop couldn't even get me a quote (even after I met the person in person!), Habib of Hunza had the quote for me, broken down by the next day. I looked into one other printer locally, but Hunza beat them in price by a significant amount, plus, they were literally blocks away. Our product was an odd size, but they had no problem accommodating us. I even got a tour of the print area to see that they are indeed a professional, well organized shop. A week went by after I had said we'd have our product (due to internal revisions on the product) and Prizal was flexible and understood the issue. Finally, with product in hand, I rode over on bike and gave them the InDesign file. Rushing at the last minute, I had to put my file on a flash drive, instead of a DVD, but I was helped and out of the office within 10-minutes. We ran into some print issues of the paper spreading and messing with the offset registration (a combination of factors: going against grain, recycled content paper and paper size). They called me immediately, I came over and judged that the color shift did not merit the wasted paper from increasing the size of the paper. We also ran into another communications error on when the product was expected, but Habib managed to get in contact with the bindery to get the product to us. I highly recommend them, I'm certain that if you're company or product isn't as last-minute as ours was, they'll deliver above and beyond their expectations.

By far the most affordable option to publish your DBA for your new business. Other newspapers…read morecharge double. I am in Alameda county, had no issues whatsoever. Really easy.

I had used DBA Store in the past and had a good experience. But the last time I used it was…read morehorrible. I submitted a filing and heard nothing for months! I emailed multiple times and got no response. I called and was told the person in charge would call me back but she never did. Finally after months of this I called and asked to speak to the supervisor. Finally they filed my form. The excuse the person gave was that she had been on vacation. It finally got filed but it was filed twice which created a mess that they refused to address. I will never use this service again.

This colorful, free publication has wonderful, informative articles about food, farming, cooking,…read moreand related topics. It is published quarterly and the most recent issue contained a calendar of East Bay food-related events, articles on: coffee, a local senior African American farmer who sells his duck eggs, potatoes, pecans, and other goodies at the Berkeley Farmer's Market, shopping by bike, how to make your own shampoo, Zen of food and much more. It is available at places near you like: Baeksale Betty, Berkeley Hort., Elephant Pharmacy, Ecology Center, rockridge Market Hall, Piedmont Grocery, Star Grocery, Pasta Shop, Spanish Table, etc.