Wow, I can't wait to see a copy in person. If it's as good as I hope it'll be, I'll probably buy a copy.
Which leads me to this-
Originally Posted by Hot Water:
Originally Posted by Kent Loudon:
>>Why not purchase the book and find out?
Would you buy a car before test driving it ?
Apples and grapefruits! A car is tens of thousands of dollars today, but the book is most likely under $100.
Maybe you can throw down $100 on something that might not be what you are looking for, but many of us don't have that kind of money to throw down on a book we've never seen.
The questions being asked about content are very valid.
I own more reference books than many libraries (on railroad, aviation and military subjects), but I've never bought one I haven't seen at least some of the content with my own eyes.
You've all likely walked into a hobby shop or gone to a train show and seen someone with all their books shrink wrapped, unwilling to open one up for someone who says they want to see before they buy. Those people never get a sale off me unless I already know the content of a specific book (and usually not even then, because there's no way to know if some of the pages might be messed up on the actual copy you're holding).
To suggest that someone should buy a book just to see what the content is, well, that's just silly.
Ever see the Amazon listings that show you a few pages? Smartest thing they ever did, as I'm sure that translated to sales to people who otherwise would say, "I'll wait until I see a copy with my own eyes".
