[OS X TeX] Packages for books

[R Martinez]

Thank you all for sharing your experiences and recommendations with the book packages. Based on the replies, I will use the memoir document class.

Raul Martinez

On Aug 24, 2012, at 6:51 PM, David Watson wrote:

> If you would like to see the document that I presented to my publisher, I can certainly send it to you.
> 
> The total size is 4MB, so if you would prefer that I put it in a Dropbox folder, I could do that.
> I don't want to email you something of that size without your permission, though.
> 
> 
> On Aug 22, 2012, at 9:46 AM, R Martinez wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I am planning to start a book project and will greatly appreciate comments on the relative merits of the various book document classes such as book, memoir, KOMA, and amsbook. I have read the chapter on books in Grätzer's "More Math Into LaTeX" 4th edition, and Peter Wilson's "Notes on Book Design." Of course, I have done my due diligence with Google.
>> 
>> The book will contain many complex equations and line graphs, an executive summary, a few tables, and the usual bibliography, TOC, list of figures, and list of tables. I consider it to be a standard book without fancy headers or sidebars.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
>> 
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