[OS X TeX] Packages for books

[Themis Matsoukas]

On Aug 24, 2012, at 12:59 PM, William Adams <will.adams at frycomm.com> wrote:

> On Aug 24, 2012, at 11:25 AM, Nitecki, Zbigniew H. wrote:
> 
>> I don't understand why memoir is supposed to be superior to book for creating a book.  Can anyone enlighten me? (I have used book for two book projects, and would like to know why I am being silly:-)
> 
> Comprehensive documentation
> lots of hooks for customization
> lots of features intended for nicer typography
> less need to go looking for a package to address a particular need, since it's probably already a part of memoir

I concur - in fact, memoir is my standard package, even for articles. 

Themis