It would go a long way towards credibility for your book if Blizzard came out in favor of it. Or at least they could make some kind of statement to the effect that you won't violate your TOS by using what you find in the book. I guess Wiley would have to work a deal of that kind, not you the authors.

I somehow doubt cladhaire would release a book that would get you banned, it's a book based on the addon system and info for that, not speed hacks.

We know that, but Joe Average probably doesn't even know who Cladhaire is supposed to be, let alone that (one of) the names on the book's covers is the real name of Cladhaire. Not to mention they think hacking is some bad evil thing done by people posting keylogger links on the forums.

Than again, I'm not sure if Joe Average would be in the market for a book about modifying WoW's UI.

Heh, nothing on www.wowace.com for downloadable addons?

Not sure what you mean. The reason wowace wasn't covered directly in the book is becuase its absolutely and 100% not appropriate for the average user. The addons which are released on wowace.com are of a beta nature, and require someone who is skilled and understands ui customization to get the most out of. A number of ace addons are clearly covered in the book, but they are pointed to the larger mod release sites (worldofwar, wowinterface, curse) since each of those sites has a direct filtering process for the addons, and communities built around helping new users download and install addons.

I don't show them how to check Cosmos alpha out from the trunk either, because that just wouldn't make sense in this case. I know WUU and whatever other executable you run may help you keep your UI up to date, but directing them towards an executable (there are what, at least five different ones now?) we'd be doing them a disservice. If an author wants their addon available for mass consumption, it should be released.

I think Wiley's marketing research team has determined that, for the time being, "hacking" vaguely equals "cool" and "money." If I was in a good mood I'd say they were using it in the Snow Crash sense. I think they're vaguely missing that fact that WoW players may have a different response, however you must admit, it does do exactly what it's supposed to (which is to catch your interest).