[OS X TeX] Packages for books

[William Adams]

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

William

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