I've heard that a couple individuals had their lower resolution photos simply STOLEN outright off the internet... And, they would have gladly offered much better quality photos - for FREE - if they had only been asked.

I have only browsed through the book for a couple hours one afternoon, and I quickly decided it would be a disappointing purchase. Personally, I would have been more interested in a more formal scholarly look at the components as they evolved... But, this was intended as a more casual read and not really organized to even focus primarily on components. Actually, I could not see any specific focus at all, just a mosaic of disconnected observations concerning any and all aspects of the Campagnolo legacy and with fragments of the technical history necessarily inserted... which even I had also noticed were sometimes incorrectly cited!

I agree with redxj that it seemed just carelessly tossed together in considerable haste and without any apparent proof reading. This is pretty inexcusable considering the many far better quality but less hyped books which have been printed in the English language in China where there would certainly be a MAJOR language barrier for the printers to cope with.

I'm clearly coming from a different discipline than the Italian journalist hacks responsible for this book. I was truly shocked with the lack of any acknowledgments offered - even as simple end note photo credits, which would have been easy to add, and not as distracting in a general interest tome as formal footnotes might be. Maybe that is just an observation on modern journalistic "style" - which allows anything to enter tabloids without benefit of verification, authentication, and certainly without requesting permissions. Just a quick spatter of ink on the page and a gamble that there will be no formal court actions in time to slow publication deadlines. I will certainly remember the authors of this work as names to be avoided in any future publications they may attempt.

And, above all, SHOOT THE PUBLISHER! ... THAT is where any of the carelessness should have ended in the first place. Even a High School newspaper editor would have required a simple proof read before allowing the final release of this book into the International marketplace. I am almost surprised that the (generally litigious) House of Campagnolo was not actually offended by this careless book. But, I suppose any kind of a printed "Tribute" is worth casting a blind eye in that direction simply for the Free advertising which would be gained. ~ How sad.