I have politley tried several times to explain in the forums and groups what the book is really about. It seems that several people here are simply out to make thier nit-pikcy points at all cost repeating the same thing over and over. Several people (other than me) have also tried to explain how books are produced and written and but the nit-pickers seem to be stuck on the same gear. If you look at the back of the book it clearly states that the book is for Beginner/Intermidiate users. Now, if I write a book that covers only all the cool features and teaches people how to work with new tools but they don't have a foundation of 3D basics the book would be truely useless. I don't only write books but I have been a college teacher for many years and I approach my books much the same way I teach. Starting from the beginning and bulding on the fundamentals and moving to more advanced topics as space, time and schedules allow. Several people have pointed out that a book that covered everything in Carrara would be about 1200 pages, which is a conservative estimate. Unfortunately, reality steps in at this point because publishers are not willing to invest tens of thousands of dollars into a book about a program that has a limited user base. To set the rercord straight I DO NOT make any money writing Carrara books. In fact I take a huge paycut for the months that I write/edit the book. None of the contributors make any money. And my publisher has bearly recouped thier investment in the first Carrara book if at all. In fact, I wrote a book on Photoshop and 3ds max that has done very well and was recently translated into Japanese. That book has sold well because Photoshop and 3ds max have millions of users. I write Carrara books because out of a sincere desire to help out the Carrara community. However, it is apparent to me from the comments here and the Yahoo group that I may be wasting my time trying to do a good thing for the Carrara community. Maybe I should stick to writing books that will be apprecited by their communities and will make me some money. As you can tell I am getting irritated with the same old comments being repeated over and over. I have tried to be nice in both the Yahoo group and here but its getting me no where. To those of you continue to by unfairly critical why don't you try your hand at writing your own Carrara book, instead of just complaining? Mike