This is the volume for 2005, could anybody tell me when the 2006 version is expected to be published? We don't want to buy and get immediately obsoleted.
Individual stanadards are updated - individually. The ASTM books include collections of multiple stanadards. You can find the issue date for each standard on the ASTM web site. Volume 13.01 will be released again September 2006 with fewer standards and fewer pages.