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Originally Posted by Bandit_Driver  Yeah, that would make too much sense for government publication.  |
The FAR/AIM you buy from an aviation book publisher is =not= a government publication. It's a privately-published reprint of a government publication (AIM) and part of a series of continually amended government regulations (FAR).
The original government sources are never out of date. The privately-published collection might be.
Don't worry about whether the book is out =before= the FAR or the AIM become effective. Won't happen. On the other hand, parts of the book might be obsolete before it's even available for purchase (more likely with the FAR which changes when the FAA makes or modifies regs than with the AIM, which is actually on a twice-a-year publication schedule)