heyas; i dunno as i'd put in 'installing' and '3d basics' in there. get to the IMPORTANT stuff, man! :) you might want to think about doing two volumes, if you really want to do that. the beginner (installing, interface, 3d concepts) and the advanced (hair, cloth, materials, fx, etc etc). although a lot of people need help with basic stuff, some of the advanced users don't need that. it might be better for them to give them their own advanced book, so it would have room for all the fancy goodies they want. in fact, if you do two books, you can fit in most of the 1000 pages you want. :)