Book Reviews

Our book reviews of latest publications on the branding and reputation of places: a carefully selected list of recommended reading for those in charge of city branding or marketing, destination marketing or management and those working with country brands and public diplomacy. Want to suggest a book for review? Please get in touch!

Book Reviews

Behind the Scenes: Creating the Elgar Encyclopedia of City and Place Branding

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Join us as we take a look behind the scenes, the process of creating the Elgar Encyclopedia of City and Place Branding.
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Nation Branding in Europe – Book Review

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Nation branding in Europe: book edited by Joao Freire, with contributions from leading scholars sharing nation brand strategies from 12 European countries.
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Building Brands: What Really Matters

Editorial Team -
It's good to see more and more books dedicated to the art of building and maintaining strong place brands. Some are academic, others brutally...
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Marketing Countries, Places, and Place-associated Brands – Book Review

Editorial Team -
Nicolas Papadopoulos on the key insights shared in the new book, Marketing Countries, Places and Place-associated Brands: Identity and Image.
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Around the World in 68 Days: Place Brands Through a Traveller’s Eyes

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Buck Song Koh's latest book, Around the World in 68 Days - Place Brands Through a Traveller's Eyes: recommended reading by The Place Brand Observer.
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Nation Brand Builders: Book Review

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Nation brand builders is the retrospective assessment of nation and place branding and its prospects for the future - by José Filipe Torres of Bloom Consulting, with a foreword by Malcolm Allan.
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