Training & Help Books for RoboHelp HTML 10?

Hi all -- I'm currently in my trial of RoboHelp HTML 10, and I'm having a hard time locating training webinars and/or books. I've gone through lynda.com training and I'm aware of Adobe's videos and documentation, but I'm wondering if there are any help/guide books currently or forthcoming that anyone may know of. Thanks!

RoboHelp 10 is still fairly new so there aren't a lot of books / guides out there. IconLogic has one that I know of though. It can be found at:
http://www.iconlogic.com/titles.htm

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