Crystal Report 2013 Books - Advanced Report building

Hi Everyone
Does anyone know when an updated version of the complete reference for Crystal Reports is coming out ?
PDF published would be OK too, though I still belong to the declining class of people who prefers physical (ideally with a free PDF copy attached) books.
So if anybody has a recommendation for a book to be used with Crystal 2013, Suggestions are very welcome.

Hi Christian,
Check in Crystalreportsbooks.com to get more information on this. Also Crystal 2013 is released recently and I don't think you will get a good and complete reference book that fast.
You may purchase Crystal 2011 complete reference and go through SAP tutorials for advanced or newly added features.
Also in Crystal 2013 help (which comes along with the product) will help you to find more information about the product and advanced futures.
-Sastry

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I wrote 3 tests. You can get detail here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4059883/WinFormSavedData.zip
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4059883/WinFormSavedData.Statistic.docx
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4059883/WinFormNoSavedData.zip
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4059883/WinFormNoSavedData.Statistic.docx
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by the way ,my crystal reports version is 2013.

You posted the same question here:
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