iLife '10 book cover pulled from Amazon France, iWork '10 book shows up on Amazon Germany

Has anyone looked at an iLife box in last 6 months? Apple has stated they are not using the year at the end of iLife or iWork anymore.
Why would they then go back and do it for '10 or '11. They won't. There will be a new iLife out, but it will most likely just be called iLife or iLife 6 or something.

I don't know about Apple specifically because I've never tested software for them, but other private beta programs I've participates in always included authors. From that I'd assume it's the same with Apple. What shocks me is that TUAW really doesn't have any sources of it's own that can confirm iLife/iWork '10/11. Oh and usually the UI gets frozen a few MONTHS before release so the authors can safely grab thier screen shots (drives meninsane the number of UI glitches that get left in because development teams refuse to change things on thier in-house and 3rd party writers).


But... all the cover showing up on Amazon suggests is that another version is coming someday... Could be next week could be next year... Frankly I'm not clear why anyone would bother reporting it without ANY details to go with it.

I'm not sure this is much of an indicator. I remember hearing that the authors of these books often simply write 90% of the book before the product is released, and then when the product is actually announced, they fill in any details about new features, etc.

For example, iPhone 4 for dummies could have probably been written and published before the thing even came out, because all the important guides and tips are the same for the 3GS.

I wonder how many people will buy the new versions because they're really impressed with the new features, as opposed to the people who buy them simply because they're new software from Apple.

I'd be curious how they think they'll get another $50 from me, there are so many random bugs and crashes in iPhoto 09 that should have been fixed before they pile on new features that I'm very skeptical of any new software.

Umm, actually it's been 18 months. Check your math.

I wonder if they wouldn't just go ahead and call it iLife '11, though. Remember that iLife '08 actually came out in August 2007.