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Anyone else think this is something GW really needs? Gather up all the ebooks, data slates, and little alliance blurbs in new boxes and white dwarfs and put them all in a single book, with an appendix and table of contents. Inquisition, assassins, war hosts and decurions that aren't in a main book and are just floating around out there in any number of sources.

Even something as cheaply made as the Inquisition ebook would be enough, just to organize the bloated amount of extra rules and factions floating out there that aren't worth the effort of individual books. Warhammer is (supposedly) a beer and pretzels game, and nothing reduces the time I spend drinking beer and eating pretzels like having to look through 4 different files on a iPad to find the stat profile for an assassin, an inquisitorial henchman, their allied warhost, and the promethium pipeline everyone is standing next to.

What is everyone's thoughts on this? Any idea for improvement?

They used to do this way back... Compendiums and Compilations. We could definitely use one now!

I would buy that.

It's certainly a drag to have to lug around multiple book (or I guess look up multiple, separate files, if you're an e-booker), so I'd be in favor.

Not sure how I eel about binding those into a compendium.
It would be hand to be able to pick up a book + one for all the other stuff. But it might get outdated fast.
Splitting it in multiple factions would probably be a better idea. It keeps things simple and pure for things like factions etc.

Gw might just be doing this.

Ing
harlies
deathwatch
genestealers
assasins

I am still hoping that they find the time and resources to create some criminal and mercenary factions in the future.

The thing that would make me happy is to be able to buy those data slates on paper. It doesn't have to be fancy t could even be in a white dwarf. I just really would like to be able to bring a non ebook version of my codex to show my opponent during the game and not having to carry multiple campaign books for just a few formations would also be fun.

I know we can just print it ourselves but it just isn't the same and it doesn't feel right to bring it to a store when you are playing there.

This is an excellent but not new idea. With all the rules scattered over a few dozen of eBooks, dataslates, and WDs, i feel quite uninformed.