Well, making a binder version of all the rules is just one option.
How exspensive the books cost depends on many factors. Is this going to be a printed rules set only or are individuals going to be able to buy as pdf?
I see the
LOS rules as being a subset of the entire LOS/Planetstorm rules. Ie, underground and indoors. The Planetstorm rule set is designed to allow free form tabletop, rigid map tiles and vehicles.
(Kind of like MageKnight game, Table top, Conquest (large armies) and Dungeons (indoor set maps.)
As for redunancy in books, that should be kept a min other than some over lap on other races (non UNE/Machines).
There will be some individuals who might want to check out LOS but not want a full rule set (and the larger price?) so they could buy the LOS indoor rule set.
Some will want table top only and some will buy the Alien books just for the extra background of cool looking, interestingly different races to use in their own game/world.
And of course for a limited edition run, there will be X copies of a hard bound complete rule set available for purchase just in time for Christmas 2012.
Why that long, to see if the demand is high enough to make it worth while to do such.
Dave Chase