The good info. is basic info. you pick up just doing your homework. The bad is off-the-wall stuff like "you pick up 10# of performance for every inch you draw past 28 inches." I thought that must be a typo, not clear, something, so I asked. Nope, he claims that a
40@32 bow will have the same performance as a
80@28 bow of the same make/model. That's just plain nuts. I asked what happens if you have a
40@28 but only pull it to 24"--does the arrow just fall to the floor? No reply. He just dissapears when you point out something stupid or a contradiction, and his groupies will monkey-pile you.
He has a chapter on hunting. Probably mentions he was a "New York State Bowhunting Instructor". Probably doesn't mention that he's not a bowhunter, and never killed anything using a bow. Won't stop him from telling you everything you are doing wrong with your hunting, even if you are an experienced hunter.
Never won anything, never coached a winner, never killed anything, but has no problem telling everyone that has what they are doing wrong.
He gets good reviews on AT and the LW--I think those are the only two sites left that he hasn't been banned from. Anyhow.....
Like I said, there is some good info. in it, but some really goofy stuff too. Unless it's been changed, he didn't even copy the definition of "Fast Flight" correctly. Does he still say it's a "vectran based material"? Some FF materials incorporate Vectran, but there's only been one 100% Vectran string material on the market and it dang-near bankrupted the company. The core material for "Fast Flight" strings is HMPE (high modulous polyethelene).
A good book...hard call there. The premise behind STS is a good one--compile all the information needed to get a newbie started. Unfortunately it wasn't compiled by a competent archer, and I don't know of a beginner book that is. There are some good books, like "The Simple Art of Winning" by Rick McKinney. A great video is "Masters of the Barebow, Volume III".
Until someone competent does complile accurate information for those starting out, we'll just have to keep doing it the old fashioned way--research and practice.