These books were presented to the affiliates who ran the show as syndicates. They're always practical in use with an edge on style. Fictionally however the fifth season Seinfeld featured a story line where Kramer wanted to write such a book. Was this innovative book ever published? The idea was taken to its logical and comically aburd conclusion when it was imagined that the book itself should have legs and a cup holder, turning the book itself into a coffee table.