I have seen plenty of scale books that list a particular scale, say, the pentatonic, but give it in a "box" position only and never lay out the rest of the scale on the fretboard. I've also seen scale books that outline only part of the scale on certain strings, but not on the other strings. I know many scales as result of many hours of reading, watching, and internet surfiing, but I was wondering if anyone could explain why scale books don't just lay-out the entire scale in one key and then explain how the scale moves up and down the neck depending on what key you wanna play in? Seems to me this would be easier than just divulging bits and pieces of the scale here and there as though that's the entire scale and the only place to play it on the neck.