I have just one question... Where the hell were you seven years ago when I spent weeks researching, trolling the internet, and generally making a nuisance of myself on forums like this one with countless newbie questions?!?!? A document like this could have flattened my learning curve considerably.

Seriously, I think it's a fine idea. I like the TOC you laid out. You may want to consider adding sections on DVR's and Media Server PC's as these become more mainstream.

There are many, many people new to HT who will spend too much of their time poking around forums like AVS searching in vain for the very simple answer to their 'HT 101' question (and then getting flamed when they ask it); they will benefit most from something like this, I think.

Fee or Free? Hmm... I dunno. Depends on how much time you spent developing it, how much effort you plan to spend keeping it up to date and of course, how many people would be willing to pay for it. If you do decide to charge for it, you would probably want to off era free download of the first chapter so potential buyers could get a sample and see if it is what they are looking for.

A compromise might be Free downloads but a PayPal link to make a 'suggested donation', as so many open source developers are doing nowadays. I use EAC to rip CD's and I happily made a donation to the author because the software is truly useful to me.

Nice work, I wish you success with it.