I've been mulling a theory that CL is actually a subsidiary of Nintendo and is peddling a puzzle game, not a 3D program at all. Getting a simple .jpg onto a simple square primitive, to take a classic example, is way more convoluted in P5 than it has to be (P4, while not exactly intuitive, is at least straightforward once you find the button). I wonder if a lot of the problems people are having stem from the puzzle factor, rather than from actual bugs? Yeah, I'd go for a book that spelled out the how-to as opposed to just expanding on the blurbs on the outside of the box. Whoever set the constraints against your doing that the first time needs to have it explained to them, in Morse code with a 2x4, what a frickin' manual is. Your outline sounds about right, provided you follow the advice about having a LARGE ENOUGH panel of newbies test it for usability. Compared to what I'm seeing on the shelves at Borders and such, $50 for a thousand pages is about standard, or a tad low even, for the usual potboiler crap. I'd pay more for something that actually got me where I want to go with my investment in P5, at whatever page count. If you move this discussion elsewhere, make sure you leave a pointer here so we can find it. The notion of a book being written with the participation of its customer base makes excellent sense and should lead to an example the 'big guys' ought to follow. May your shadows never grow less!