hi, thanks for this info...one of the things that is worrying me at the moment, is protecting the idea as you mention...i have sent of a transcript to various agents / publishers - i've received a suprisingly positive feedback from the USA - in fact, one publishing house wants to now see the whole book before he makes his decision..i'm a bit dubious about this, as when i spoke to him, he got pretty defensive about copyrights etc! I now have acquired the artists and writers yearbook, and will be looking to get at least the idea copyrighted. The approach to a series sounds interesting, as my initial idea was to create mini handbook size versions of "easy and healthy ways to make tandoori chicken / starters / vegeterian etc etc.