Quote Originally Posted by sashafiero View Post
I was actually pretty astonished to see that such a thing as Zen Cart didn't already have all this book functionality!
I don't think it's very astonishing... a tiny handful (me included) of people who use zencart would ever need this highly-specific functionality.

Zencart "standard" must be kept "generic". It has to be (in most respects) a one-size-fits-all package.

The fact that such modules are available is more a testament to the clever folk who write such add-ons, and that ZC offers a robust platform upon which such customizations can be built in the first place.