Updates on the Lonely Planet controversy: was it really one at all?

Gadling, where a few Lonely Planet authors blog, has been following the Lonely Planet controversy.  It's starting to look like this was just a publicity stunt for the unethical authors new book.  Boo on him.

See also Lonely Planet's updated response on the issue.  It's hard to know if this is just damage control or if the author is just trying to drum up business for his book at the expense of Lonely Planet's reputation. But assuming this statement by Lonely Planet is true, I'm tending to believe Lonely Planet:

Thomas has claimed  that he was not paid enough to travel to Colombia when he was employed as an  author on our Colombia guide. The fact is that Thomas was not employed as an on-the-ground author on that guidebook. This means that he did not write any reviews - of places or establishments - in this book. His contribution was to the introductory chapter     covering history, culture, food and drink and environment. Two on-the-ground authors wrote the reviews for the Colombia guide.

My recommendation: don't waste your money buying this guy's book.