Books on LaTeX:
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PCTeX: Quick Start:

This beginning guide by George Grätzer takes the
first-time PCTeX user from installation of the software to composing his
or her first LaTeX document. Clearly written and well-paced, it
introduces the user to the PCTeX user interface and the LaTeX
documentation system. (Note: this manual is included with the full PCTeX
system.)
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LaTeX User's Guide:

This book, written by Leslie Lamport, the
original architect and implementer of LaTeX, has been updated to reflect
the changes in the latest release of LaTeX. The book begins with
instructions for formatting simpler text, and progressively describes
commands and techniques for handling larger and more complicated
documents. A separate chapter explains how to deal with errors. An added
appendix describes what is new and different in LaTeX2e.
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Math Into LaTeX:
This book by George Grätzer is for the mathematician, physicist,
engineer, scientist, or technical typist who needs to quickly learn how to
write and typeset articles and books containing mathematical formulas, and
requires a thorough reference book on all aspects of LaTeX and the AMS
packages, the enhancements to LaTeX by the American Mathematical Society.
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The LaTeX Companion:
The LaTeX Companion has long been the essential resource for anyone using LaTeX to create high-quality printed documents. This completely updated edition brings you all the latest information about LaTeX and the vast range of add-on packages now available--over 200 are covered! Full of new tips and tricks for using LaTeX in both traditional and modern typesetting, this book will also show you how to customize layout features to your own needs--from phrases and paragraphs to headings, lists, and pages.
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The LaTeX Graphics Companion:
This reference by M. Goossens, S.Rahtz, and F.
Mittelbach describes techniques and tricks needed to illustrate LaTeX
documents, and answers common user questions about graphics and PostScript
fonts. It provides the first full description of the standard LaTeX
color and graphics packages, and shows how you can combine TeX and
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The LaTeX Web Companion:
This book by M. Goossens, S. Rahtz, E. M. Gurari, R. Moore, and R. S. Sutor shows how you can publish LaTeX documents
on the web. LaTeX was born of the scientist's need to prepare well-formatted
information, particularly with pictures and mathematics included; the web was
born of the scientist's need to communicate information electronically.
Until now, it has been difficult to find solutions that address both needs.
HTML and today's Web browsers deal inadequately with the nontextual
components of scientific documents. This book, at last, describes tools and
techniques for transforming LaTeX sources into web formats for electronic
publication, and for transforming web sources into LaTeX documents for
optimal printing.
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A Guide to LaTeX:
This popular book shows you how to begin using LaTeX
to create high-quality documents. The book also serves as a handy reference
for all LaTeX users. In this completely revised edition, the authors cover
the LaTeX2e standard and offer more details, examples, exercises, tips, and
tricks. They go beyond the core installation to describe the key contributed
packages that have become essential to LaTeX processing.
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Books on Plain TeX:
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The TeXbook:

This book by Donald E. Knuth, author of TeX, is a
complete description of TeX containing numerous examples and exercises. It
is essential for those who want to write their own macros or become
TeXperts. |
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A Beginner's Book of TeX:
This book by R. Seroul and S. Levy is a friendly
introduction to TeX. It contains a careful explanation of all fundamental
concepts and commands, but also a wealth of commented examples and
"tricks" based on the authors' long experience with TeX. The attentive
reader will quickly be able to create a table, or customize the appearance
of the page, or code even the most complicated formula. The last 1/3 of
the book is devoted to a Dictionary index, summarizing all the material in
the text and going into greater depth in many areas.
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TeX: Starting from Square 1:
This book by M. Doob is designed for the complete
newcomer to TeX. It starts by showing how to typeset simple text using the
defaults predefined by TeX. The situations and exercises covered slowly
become more complex and include many different types of mathematical
constructions and tables. The book can be used either as a tool to learn
enough TeX to write standard papers of modest complexity or as a building
block to prepare for more ambitious typesetting projects.
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Other Books:
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The Joy of TeX:

This is the complete documentation for the AMSTeX
macro package developed for the American Mathematical Society by Michael
Spivak, who also authored the book. Exercises in each chapter encourage
the reader to sit down at a computer and learn through experimentation.
The book is great for technical typists, scientists, and mathematicians
who want to format articles, books, and submissions to AMS journals.
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The METAFONT Book:

The complete guide to the METAFONT font creation
program, by Donald E. Knuth. The book is a user's guide and reference
manual which enables readers with minimal computer science or word
processing experience to master the basic as well as the more advanced
areas of METAFONT programming.
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