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David Blatner (www.moo.com) is the author
or co-author of 14 books, including Real World InDesign CS,
Real World QuarkXPress, Real World Photoshop CS2, and InDesign
Tips and Tricks, a contributing editor for CreativePro.com and
the editorial director of InDesign Magazine. His books
have sold over a half million copies and have been translated into
15 languages.
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Computer Books I've Known and Loved
 PostScript
Language Reference Manual by Adobe Systems -- At the heart of the desktop
publishing revolution is PostScript, and I've long said that you can't really
understand DTP -- at least the print side of things -- unless you know something
about PostScript. To that end, you've got to have this book. It's available for
free in PDF format online, but I like having the hefty print version sitting
around.
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Mac Is Not a Typewriter (and The PC Is Not
a Typewriter) by Robin Williams -- Why can't I write short, sweet books like
this? My books are hundreds of pages, but this little book offers just enough
information to set publishers straight.
 Stop Stealing
Sheep and Find Out How Type Works by Erik Spiekermann and E.M. Ginger --
I love this book because each time I open it, it helps me see text and type in
a new way. It's not a high-end typography book, but it's elegant, fun, wacky...
and it's good for you, too!
 HTML for the
World Wide Web with XHTML and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide by Elizabeth Castro
-- I enjoy mucking about in HTML from time to time, but because I don't have
to do it very often I rarely remember the codes, syntax, and so on. Elizabeth's
book has been a lifesaver for me several times.
(The author's original choice was an older edition that is now out of print. This link is to the new edition now available)
 Eats, Shoots
and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss --
I'm reading this book right now and each time I pick it up I smile, laugh, or
guffaw. My only complaint is that she doesn't recommend public flogging for leaving
out a comma before the "and" or "or" in a list (such as "tuna, yellowtail, and
scallops").
 Adobe InDesign
CS/CS2 Breakthroughs by David Blatner and Anne-Marie Concepción -- Forgive me for
including one of my own here, but it's the very first book with the "Blatner
Books" imprint and I think it's particularly good in some respects. Not only
is it fun to read through, but it contains some cool solutions to problems that
people have with InDesign that have never seen print before.
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