There are indeed 1000 cosplays shown here of all different crafts and skill level complexities. It's a great read, and while there's definitely some heavy featuring of most recent series at the time of the book's publishing, that's part and parcel to the cosplay world as well, which tends to tie into the content of what's upcoming or recently released with which characters cosplayers choose to make costumes of. I really have to give due credit to the photographers whose work is used within- they do a very good job of capturing the best qualities of the cosplays included.