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BeckyThane
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Posted: Tue Apr 15th, 2008 12:40 pm | 1st Post |
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Nice work if you can get it... Where can I get a paying job to write a travel book about a country without actually having to step foot in that country?
http://www.gadling.com/2008/04/13/lonely-planet-writer-admits-he-never-even-visited-country-he-wro/?icid=100214839x2500346816x2500105771
Long story short, the author admits never having visited Columbia -- he obtained info from a girlfriend working at the Columbian embassy and plagiarized.
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Posted: Wed Apr 16th, 2008 12:57 am | 2nd Post |
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| Guess I won't be buying any Lonely Planet guide books!
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Posted: Wed Apr 16th, 2008 12:59 am | 3rd Post |
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'Ya know, last time I was looking at guide books -- I think it was for Barcelona -- I remember thinking to myself, "Hey! Everybody says how good Lonely Planet is; I'll check them out." Browsing through the standards (Frommer's, Michelin, Lonely Planet, etc.) at the book store, I remember thinking that there was absolutely nothing in the Lonely Planet guide that wasn't contained in other books. Hmmmm... 
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Posted: Wed Apr 16th, 2008 01:29 am | 4th Post |
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| I've checked them out too Becky, but never bought one. I don't really like the way they're done and, as you say, other leading publishers have as good or better info.
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