{books} is for questions which deal with books about TeX, LaTeX and other topics of this site. For questions regarding design and layout of books use {book-design} instead.
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What is the best book to start learning LaTeX?
Which book (free or otherwise) was the most useful to you when you started learning LaTeX?
I am frequently asked this question by friends who want to learn LaTeX, and I recommend the book which got ...
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Which manuals are on your “TeX Reference” shelf?
This is a community wiki since there is no "one true answer"- if you find an answer that contains a lot of your choices, but is missing something you feel is incredibly useful. Feel free to add it. ...
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LaTeX Introductions in languages other than English
Inspired by What is the best book to start learning LaTeX?, I thought that it might be useful to collect a list of the many brilliant introductory LaTeX books and tutorials written in languages other ...
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Custom title page in report or book class?
I have a long academic report to write and I am thinking of using the book class or the report class? However in both these classes the title page has the title in the centre. I want to make my own ...
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Where can I find good ConTeXt documentation
Where would be a good place to start learning ConTeXt if you haven't got a lot of experience under your belt yet? Any place online or in a bookstore is welcome, provided that the reading is ...
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Beyond Bringhurst: mathematical typesetting
I've been reading The Elements of Typographic Style and I was wondering whether there was a similar resource for specifically mathematical typesetting.
Is there a book or other document that sets ...
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Are there any good general typesetting books / references?
I would like to learn more about typesetting, the accepted best practices, rules and tricks used in books, letters, resumes etc. For example, what are the usual left and right margins? Line spacing? ...
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Help in choosing LaTeX2e books in light of LaTeX3 development
I'm quite new to LaTeX (~3 months) and I'm excited about buying the books. I just bought The TeXbook on eBay and hopefully it should arrive next week. I might even want to get a printed copy of TeX by ...
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How can I divide my book into different project without repeating myself?
I am trying to create a mini book with LaTeX on Windows in order to learn the basic thing with LaTeX.
I would like to divide my book into different projects but I have some sort of style defined for ...
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Is there a comprehensive and complete LaTeX reference?
When I dived into Python, I went through the beginner's tutorials. Of course, these tutorials cover only the basics and present only a shallow exhibition of what I can do with Python.
Right now I'm ...
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Which books can I read via texdoc?
For years, I was faithfully downloading a copy of TeX by Topic whenever I reinstalled my computer. Then I learnt about texdoc texbytopic and my life got just that smidgen easier. I've just returned ...
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How to write a book in LaTeX?
I wish to turn several of my blog article series into a PDF e-book but I have never used LaTeX before for creating books.
For example, I want to take my Awk One-Liners Explained article series, ...
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\usepackage[turkish]{babel} and \includegraphics inconcistency
Here is my document :
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
% must-have packages
\usepackage[turkish]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % This package will support Turkish chars
% must-have packages
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A critique of TeX?
Is there any informative critique of TeX along one or all the lines below:
TeX, the typesetting engine (including its algorithms)
TeX, the typesetting language
TeX, the programming language
TeX, the ...
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What are good advanced LaTeX books?
I've been using LaTeX for about 3 months, and I'm hooked. My background is programming, so for the basic, google is sufficient. I did some research at amazon.com and found these two books with many ...
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TeX family tree with timeline?
When I first started using TeX, I felt overwhelmed by the myriad of names — BibTeX, XeTeX, LaTeX, XeLaTeX, ConTeXt, LuaTeX, MacTeX, TeXLive — and more. I didn't know the packages from the programs ...
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Why should I buy a TeX/LaTeX guide book?
I am relatively new to TeX/LaTeX and so far learnt all about it using online documentation or question-and-answer websites like this one.
Should I consider buying a LaTeX guide book though? What ...
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Managing volumes of books
I would like to compile all of the books in a series at the same time. This would:
Guarantee that everything compiled with consistency.
Easily allow for cross-references between books.
Allow ...
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Four Language Parallel Column Book
I am trying to format a four column parallel text in four different languages to display on two pages with two columns per page.
I have tried using ledpar and parallels but I cannot get it to work. ...
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Good XeTeX Books
I'm looking for some good books on XeTeX to have them as references whenever I want to look up something or learn something new. Level doesn't really matter, either novice or advanced would do but I'd ...
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Referencing book IEEE
I am using both TeXworks and Texmaker to write my thesis and have to somehow do my references. Moreover everything is supposed to be written using a 'book' environment.
I have found that JabRef is ...
