Final (but "final final") Applicant Guidebook is out today

Apparently, this is the one !

ICANN created an entire new web site for new gTLD applicants and it is available here

Just a little bit of history :

1. Final applicant guidebook, version 8 ;
2. May 2011 : New gTLD Applicant Guidebook, version 7 ;
3. April 2011 : Applicant Guidebook - Discussion Draft, version 6 ;
4. November 2010 : Proposed Final Applicant Guidebook, version 5 ;
5. May 2010 : Draft Applicant Guidebook, version 4 ;
6. October 2009 : Draft Applicant Guidebook, version 3 ;
   (May 2009 : Excerpts Organized Per Module), version 2.5 ;-)
7. February 2009 : Draft Applicant Guidebook, version 2 ;
8. Octiber 2008 : Draft Applicant Guidebook, version 1.

You can also read the latest fact sheet about new generic Top-Level Domains