The gist of the story is this: the guy said they didn't pay him enough so he didn't actually visit the countries he wrote the travel guides about and he supplemented his income by dealing drugs.
Nice.
But it gets better. Then he has the absolute gall to pitch his book:
Kohnstamm's book, "Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?: A Swashbuckling Tale of High Adventures, Questionable Ethics and Professional Hedonism," is set for release next week.
Uh, so if you have questionable ethics... why am I going to pay you more money? Because this time you're telling the truth. Thanks. I'll pass.
2 comments:
d that he only didn't go to one of the countries ... columbia. I read that book,but never went to columbia and felt that something was different from the other lonely planets. many people live by them.. especially the south america ones which he wrote. I used the costa rica book and it was great. Plagiarism is probably the biggest problem, since columbia is the only book he wrote without visiting. Honestly if someone is visiting columbia i hope they read more than lonely planet.
the article said that he only didn't go to one of the countries ... columbia. I read that book, but never went to columbia and felt that something was different from the other lonely planets. many people live by them.. especially the south america ones which he wrote. I used the costa rica book and it was great. Plagiarism is probably the biggest problem, since columbia is the only book he wrote without visiting. Honestly if someone is visiting columbia i hope they read more than lonely planet because they didn't offer very much information on safety.
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