even queuing 1 book would make buffs workable. without that i never use buffs, as the books always finish when i'm not around to pick them up and start a new one.. therefore - buffs = useless (buff running on empty bookbinder = useless)....
also bb didn't (as usual) consult its players when coming up with the recipe "solution". I bet if bb had said "we're gonna give a recipe for the rph - but it will take a year or more of slow slot machine playing, and adventuring to get the recipe, and some of you may never get it - even after we 'fix' said mechanism" most would have said 'lets have a queue instead'... jmho.
ciara