Doing a big printed manual as standard, and expecting the same price for it, just won't happen any more.
If there is a future to big printed manuals, it lies with enthusiasts like Nic Cole printing them and selling them separately. I'm sure there are members of the community who would be happy to write additional material not available in the basic game documentation - Shepski did some for the Digital Aspirin.
http://www.lomac-manual.com
If you want big manuals again, as a community we have to bite the bullet and pay what they're worth . . . . . and not everyone will.
Some enthusiasts will, and that's great . . . . but we can't ask the developers, publishers, and gaming shops to include them as standard any more - it's just not economical.
v1.1 will apparently include much more comprehensive documentation than did the previous versions of Lomac . . . . . and I hope that ED and Nic Cole can come to some kind of arrangement for future products :)
YEs, that's what I meant. Big manual and pay a bit more. If Sonalist do it (500 pages), I think it's possible for everyone. http://www.battlefront.com/products/dw/index.html
I'd pay for 1.1 with manual 50 or 60€ (may be more), I'm sure it worths