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 Last time I did this was Dec 2017. At the moment, memory of how to do it is pretty foggy, but luckily I have my earlier blog posts on this to refresh my memory so printing them out to review. (look for Kindle label in this blog to find).  This book is a little easier than the others - text and inline photos, a table of contents, but no index. Susan has promised it will be out in two and a half weeks, so will try to do that. My immediate issue is that I remember that I have to make some changes to the Indesign file before putting out the epub file that I will update for Kindle, but don't remember quite what they were. Pausing to read my prior posts, and to review Kindle code for Healing Miles . From my 2012 notes I saw that to get reliable chapter breaks, each chapter had to be a separate xhtml file. The default of Indesign is to put out one big xhtml file, but it will break on a style, so I need to be sure the current Indesign document (for Walk, Hike, Saunter ) has an appro...
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Backpack45.com Oldest US based Camino website still active?

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I've thought this was true for some time, but decided to do some checking with the wayback machine, etc. After some poking around, decided to expand this to a short history of the online/internet English language sources of Camino de Santiago information. 2000, when I was searching for information, I found two sources. The GoCamino listserv was the best, but the Online Telegraph provided good basic information. Around that time the St. James Yahoo Group existed, but I didn't find it. It was an outshoot of Caminho de Santiago de Compostela website - the Brazilian based site said to founded around 1996, but its first appearance on the wayback machine is Sept 14, 2000. The US based GoCamino listserv was setup by Maryjane Dunn and Linda Davidson, and had a supporting website - Friends of the Road to Santiago. Both the listserv and website ceased to be active in Aug of 2004 as the founders moved on to other interests. GoCamino was reborn as an oakapple.net listserv a few months later and all the GoCamino listserv archives can be found there. The British Confraternity of St. James has maintained a site since Oct 11, 1999 and now has a wealth of information, but in 2000 it was minimal. The Yahoo Group Santiagobis has been around since Oct 19,2000 and has been consistently an excellent source of information. European based, but pilgrims worldwide participate. Aug 14, 2002 the Canadian Little Company of Pilgrims website started. This site has a strong Canadian focus, so has not attracted much US participation. Backpack45.com was setup on May 24, 2003 as a way of giving back for all the support we got while on our pilgrimage in 2001. We have continued to update it ever since, as we walk the French routes, and from Portugal. I have yet to find a US based site that started earlier and is still continuing. April 6, 2004 American Pilgrims sets up their initial webpage. Oct 14,2007 converted to their new full service website. May 12, 2004 Grant Spangler sets up the excellent US based msn group ElCaminoSantiago. That continued until Feb 2008 when Microsoft discontinued group support. He has since setup the website ElCaminoSantiago.com. Dec 23, 2005 James Clem sets up US based ourcamino.com Doing this post got me curious enough to do some more research. You can find the resulting page on our website: https://www.backpack45.com/camino-web-history.html Insert to slow down blog thieves: ©2009 backpack45.com - ok to quote if credit given.

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  1. RitaAugust 31, 2009 at 5:10 AM

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    Very nice post. I wish you had posted it sooner. Some of these sites are new to me, but alas, I leave in only 6 days for the Camino. It will make for good reading when I get back.

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  2. TimecheckAugust 31, 2009 at 8:55 AM

    Rita, I know you will have a good trip. We will be doing part of the Arles route about the same time as you are on the Camino.

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