"The Cookbook serves no purpose other than a commercial one for the publisher" -- and that's precisely why it won't go out of print. Regardless of the intention

"The Cookbook serves no purpose other than a commercial one for the publisher" -- and that's precisely why it won't go out of print. Regardless of the intentions of the writer and the reader, it is a very popular book and therefore something lucrative to sell. If it were to disappear from print, ironically, it would make it even more valuable.