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  • April 2008
    • 'Lonely Planet' Writer Admits He Made It Up

      'Lonely Planet' Writer Admits He Made It Up

      (Newser) - Lonely Planet guidebook executives are reeling in the wake of memoir confessions by one of their authors that he fabricated or plagiarized parts of the books—and dealt drugs to fund his trips. Thomas Kohnstamm also writes in Do Travel Writers Go to Hell? that he flouted guidebook policy by accepting free travel. “They don’t pay enough for what they expect the authors to do,” he told Australia's Herald Sun . More »

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      Colombia   memoir   plagiarism   cheap travel   Lonely Planet   solo travel

  • February 2008

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