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Lonely Planet Community Highlights : guidebook

The scoop on authors

 

It's easy to forget that behind every Lonely Planet guidebook are flesh and blood authors who've logged their travel miles and done the hard investigative yards for you.

 

With that in mind, we bring you the latest edition of our Comet newsletter - the author issue!

 

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Who needs a guidebook?

 

Is the guidebook doomed? Is it possible to write one without some sort of cultural bias?

 

Long time Thorn Tree poster Fieldgate prefers to eschew the printed word when travelling, and they've prompted an interesting discussion about the role of guidebooks for the modern wanderer.

 

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Thomas Kohnstamm and our guidebooks

 

One time Lonely Planet author Thomas Kohnstamm has written a book that has many in the media (and in our community) talking.

 

Read what Lonely Planet has to say.

 

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