You have tons of recomendations about great books in Product Questions and Review forums. Aaron Fisher recomends this books in his Card Fundamentals, and if a beginner come to this site, he/she will ask what to get and with what to start. At least they did so far...
I just love the tone of this thread, and like on every other thread there are two sides. Notice how almost every post start's with "yeah you're right but you missed the point" or "I hear you, but that is not the point", and that comes from both sides. I dont think that everyone will get the otherones point.
One more thing, i totally agree with Doug and Steerpike. And i just have to notice that T11 never stoled my money, never charged me for a new product when it was released, never robed me etc. without my permision. You dont lose money when new 1on1 comes out, T11 dont take money from you on purpose everytime new 1on1 comes out, and this is also for the good 1on1 not just for bad ones. But i dont know, maybe that's just me and my over protective computer that dont allow someone to just come in it and steal my money...
Also, some time ago people said that they would love quality over quantity, that they would reather wait 2-3 weeks for one good 1on1, than have a crappy one every week. Well guess what, that really is what is going on. Good 1on1 really does come every 2-3 weeks (they do every week, but i mean good by your standards), so yeah...