Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I read so many positive reviews that I thought I just couldn't go wrong buying this book. Boy, was I mistaken. I have yet to find one truly useful bit of information in this book, and I'm no life-long veteran in the trade. But lest you, fellow buyer, dismiss me as some silly impulsive reviewer, let's have some random facts. 1. Fully 90 of the 250 pages of actual content are devoted to process colour tables. 2. Twenty-two pages are devoted to "samples" of "text typefaces". The "samples" are 12-point alphabets and lining figures (no accented characters or punctuation). Among the 60 or so "text typefaces" included are such staples of book/magazine typography as Friz Quadrata, Eras and American Typewriter. 3. Chapter 9, "Packaging Styles", brings 18 pages filled with line drawings of boxes, cartons and such. Not a single illustration is accompanied by actual dimensions or even proportions. Knock yourself out trying to replicate a "six-sided carton with push-in closure". (Hey, isn't this the book that claims to contain "details on all the things you can never find"?) 4. Several pages are filled with such valuable, useful and current information as the proper abbreviation for Soviet Union. 5. You want to learn a little more about imposition so you can have an intelligent conversation with your local printer? Sorry: "imposition" is not even in this book's index. But maybe I really am just an old crank. So many other people swear by the usefulness of this book! I'm sure they're not friends of the author.