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LaTeX books

English

LaTeX: A document preparation system,
User's guide and reference manual
Leslie Lamport
2nd edition, ISBN 0-201-52983-1

There is an errata file for this book.

The LaTeX Companion, 2nd edition (TTCT series)
Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens, Johannes Braams, David Carlisle, Chris Rowley
ISBN 0-201-36299-6

There are some extracts from the book as PDF files available from this site:

tables of contents, figures, and tables and preface (176 kB)
full text of chapter 3, «Basic formatting tools» (780 kB)
bibliography and index (796 kB)

There is an errata file (along with a PDF version) which also has details on the bug contest: Addison-Wesley and the authors of TLC2 provide a number of prizes for people finding errors in the book.

The LaTeX Graphics Companion, 2nd edition (TTCT series)
Michel Goossens, Frank Mittelbach, Sebastian Rahtz, Denis Roegel, Herbert Voss
ISBN 978-0-321-50892-8

some excerpts from the book in one PDF file (2.9 MB)
bibliography and index (1223 kB)
supplementary material on the web maintained by Michel Goossens

There is an errata file (along with a PDF version) which also has details on the bug contest: Addison-Wesley and the authors of LGC2 provide a number of prizes for people finding errors in the book.

The LaTeX Web Companion,
Integrating TeX, HTML and XML (TTCT series) (TTCT series)
Michel Goossens and Sebastian Rahtz
ISBN 0-201-43311-7

Guide to LaTeX (TTCT series)
Helmut Kopka and Patrick W. Daly
ISBN 0-3211-7385-6

LaTeX Companions Third Revised Boxed Set, The: A Complete Guide and Reference for Preparing, Illustrating and Publishing Technical Documents, 3rd Edition
Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens, Sebastian Rahtz, Denis Roegel, Herbert Voss, Helmut Kopka, Patrick W. Daly
ISBN 0-321-51443-2

This is a boxed set of the titles in the series "Tools and Techniques for Computer Typesetting (TTCT)" at a reduced price, consisting of: "Guide to LaTeX", "The LaTeX Companion, 2nd edition", "The LaTeX Graphics Companion, 2nd edition" and "The LaTeX Web Companion".

$[Cover: LaTeX Beginner's Guide]$ LaTeX Beginner's Guide
Stefan Kottwitz
ISBN 978-1847199867

French

LaTeX Companion, 2e édition
Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens, Johannes Braams, David Carlisle, Chris Rowley
ISBN 2-7440-7182-X

Ce livre est la traduction de la 2e édition du The LaTeX Companion (voir ci-dessus). Des extraits du livre sont disponibles sur ce site:

texte complet de l'annexe B, «Détecter et résoudre; les problèmes» (463 kB)

This book is a translation of The LaTeX Companion, 2nd edition. There is an extract from the book as PDF files available from this site:

full text of appendix B, «Tracing and resolving problems» (463 kB)

German

Der LaTeX-Begleiter Bafög-Ausgabe, 2. Auflage
Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens, Johannes Braams, David Carlisle, Chris Rowley
ISBN: 978-3-8689-4088-6

This is a re-issue (student version) of the book Der LaTeX-Begleiter, 2. Auflage (ISBN 3-8273-7166-X) with identical content. This book is a translation of The LaTeX Companion, 2nd edition with a number of adaptations to the German language.

There are some extracts from the book as PDF files available from this site:

tables of contents, figures, and tables and preface (259 kB)
full text of chapter 4, «Page layout» (340 kB)
bibliography and index (857 kB)

There is an errata file (along with a PDF version) which also has details on the bug contest: Pearson Studium and the authors of LB2 provide Pearson text books as prizes for people finding errors in the book.

Jürgen Fenn has written a review for the german TeX magazine «Die TeXnische Komödie». It is available as a PDF file (473 kB).