New to reloading...

[whitewalrus]

Today's question- How often do you buy a new book? I am guessing once you have a load that works well, you stick with it. But with new bullets and powders coming out does the manual need to be updated annually? Every five years?

As mentioned by others, I have a few books that are old, but are nice to have a quick reference on the desk and to compare with other data. Most of the load information can be found online.

Also, do you buy it from the bullet manufacturer of the powder guys? Or both? Which tend to be more accurate with their data?

I have from both. Powder guys have plenty of free ones, the bullet mfrs tend to make you pay for theirs, but this isn't always the case.

One more question. Best resources for the beginner? Obviously there is a ton of online info. Where can I go, besides here, to get my childlike questions answered?

Best resource is probably a friend who reloads. Though opinions on what is is best vary and the care taken during the loading as well. Outside of that, there are classes that some places offer, online forums like here, plenty of online information elsewhere, and the the reloading manuals that you already are reading.