The Old World will be starting with 3 compendium books to get you going into the game most likely coming with additional Army Books later on for specific armies.
via a solid source on Faeit 212
I got informations about those "Compendium" Books for Warhammer The Old
Word.
As earlier said, it will be three Books.
"Good Factions Book"
- Empire
- Bretonnia
- Dwarfs
- High Elves
"Bad Factions Book"
-Warriors of Chaos
- Beasts of Chaos
- Dark Elves
- Skaven
- Orcs and Goblins
- Vampire Counts
"Neutral Factions Book"
- Wood Elves
- Khemri
- Ogre KIngdoms
- Lizardmen