This book you're talking about doesn't surprise me. What do you want to bet that that husband hasn't seen penny one from that book? There's no doubt every embarrassing episode got laid for all to see and you know the husband suffered every single word of it. I'd be curious to know if that couple is still together? Staying married out of fear is never going to be a fulfilling experience.
I'm like you in regard to imagining having a hotwife and not satisfying my own sexual desires also. I don't really understand how one half can even be happy themselves if they know the other half isn't no matter what topic you choose, whether it's sex, finances, picking movies to see or anything.
It would be encouraging to hear stories from anyone about how appreciative and thankful a wife is/was to their husband for helping her fulfill her desires. I've always wondered why all the stories have similar, one-sided aspects to them. Even if the ubiquitous arrangement of the "One half open marriage" is agreed upon in advance I don't see how a wife could not feel a need to compensate for her husband in some way. It makes me skeptical of the way these stories have this kind of "Dr. Jeykll and Mr. Hyde" notion, how a loyal, kind, sweet, loving wife can shed all those attributes and turn into a totally self-centered bitch bent on dealing out the best misery her mind can conceive.
A lot of people here will dismiss my opinion with, "Well, you just aren't cut out for this kind of lifestyle." So far what I've noticed is no two people do any of these things the same way. Some have rules, some don't. Some let their husbands have sex, some don't. Some let their husbands watch, some don't. Some are going out alone, some are never apart. Some are into humiliation, some aren't. It goes on and on. So, I believe (and it's just my opinion) that most people aren't cut out for living "someone else's" lifestyle. Everybody's doing it their own way already, right?