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Posted By: Hankron

It's a safe bet that the book isn't coming out in the near future. That MastroNet quit issuing books after one (baseball bat guide, which I bought and was a nice production all around), says that they find it is not financially worth their while.

Obviously, Mastronet's conscious or matter of fact stragedy is to offer a variety of new products, services and angles (proverbial test issues) and see which ones stick. Likely due to lack of popular demand and/or the financial return, the MastroNet guides went the way of the Weekly Aucitons, their little store and their online articles. If these things had been a big honking succsess they would still be with us.

I should also point that producing a full color book (which is what everyone apparently expects, and probably expect it to retail for $6.99) is a very expensive proposition, and if Doug isn't willing to toss his personal money down a hole I don't blame him.