'Unethical' Lonely Planet author not really that unethical after all, though he wants us to think so for the sake of promoting his own book

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4-14-2008 @ 11:03AM

Carl said...

This isn't exactly new territory... another book came out that also exposes some of the tactics used by travel writers.

Smile When You're Lying: Confessions of a Rogue Travel Writer

http://www.amazon.com/Smile-When-Youre-Lying-Confessions/dp/0805082093/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208185017&sr=8-2

4-14-2008 @ 11:09AM

Justin Glow said...

That's true, Carl. And we actually interviewed the author of that book, Chuck Thompson, here on Gadling:

http://www.gadling.com/2007/12/31/talking-travel-with-chuck-thompson/

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