Original_To:  PM
Original_cc:  STONEC
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.pagemakr
Date:         Sun, 27 Dec 1992 09:16:00 EST
Reply-To:     "SO MUCH E-MAIL, SO LITTLE TIME" <STONEC@IUBACS.BITNET>
From:         "SO MUCH E-MAIL, SO LITTLE TIME" <STONEC@IUBACS.BITNET>
Subject:      someone asked for PM books, here's Geof's Books.FAQ -- cindy

Favorite DTP Related Books and Magazines
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These are a several old postings lumped together that provide some
suggestions for DTP reading and reference. The following list is from
the Pagemaker FAQ. It is the most current list of recommended books and
magazines:

    Key: (*** = a must!,    ** = excellent,    * = consider it)

    *** Pagemaker 4: An Easy Desk Reference by Robin Williams. Austin Twigg.
         "I use it daily" -- Monte Olsen
         "Thorough, concise, easy to use" -- Robyn Fizz
    **  Real World PM 4: Industrial Strength Techniques by Kvern & Roth.
         "Great style, humor, and insight, ... for people who want to
          move past a basic level of understanding" -- George Radford
    **  Desktop Publishing by Design -- Ronnie Shushan & Don Wright. Microsoft.
          "available in both PM and Quark versions" -- John in Indiana.
    **  Chicago Manual of Style
          "a real classic" -- Carol Hewlett.
    *   Methods of Book Design by Hugh Williamson. Yale Univ Press.
    *   Desktop Publishing Skills by Felici & Nace. Addison-Wesley.
    *   The Makeover Book by Roger C. Parker. Ventana Press.
    *   Aldus Technotes for PM 4.0, Aldus Corp.

    Magazines
    ---------
    *** Before and After. Tele # 916-784-3880.
    *   Step by Step Electronic design
    *   Aldus Magazine.



First Posting ------------------------------------------------------

Last week someone asked for some suggestions on good books and magazines for
help with PageMaker and learning more about DTPing.  It took me until Sat. to
dig it out of my dusty subdirectory and upload it to the VAX.

Also, there's a really good graphic artist book club based out of Cincinnati.
I don't have their complete address, but if you drop me an email, I'll try and
look it up and respond to anyone who's interested.  Here's the one page list of
Books & Publications for Desktop Publishers


Best books on how to publish documents:

Beach, Mark,  Editing Your Newsletter:  A Guide to Writing,
Design and Production, Coast to Coast Books, 2934 Northeast 16th
Ave., Portland, Oregon 97212 (cost $19.00)

Beach, Mark / Shepro, Steve / Russon, Ken, Getting it Printed:
How to work with printers and graphic arts services, 1986, Coast
to Coast Books, 2934 Northeast 16th Ave., Portland, OR 97212
(cost $25.00 paper/$40.00 hardback)

Dorn, Raymond,  How to Design and Improve Magazine Layouts, 1986,
Nelson- Hall Inc. Publishers, 111 North Canal St. Chicago, IL
60606.  (cost $20.00)


Good basic design for using any desktop publishing program:

Parker, Roger C., Looking Good In Print, Ventana Press, P.O. Box
2468, Chapel Hill, NC 27515, (cost $24.00)

McClelland, Deke / Danuloff, Craig, Desktop Publishing Type &
Graphics, 1987, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Orlando, Fl  32887
(cost $20.00)


Best PageMaker books:

Shushan, Ronnie / Wright, Don, Desktop Publishing Design:
Blueprints for Page Layout Using Aldus' PageMaker, 1989,
Microsoft Press, 16011 NE 36th Way, Box 97017, Redmond, WA
98073-9717.

Kramer, Douglas / Parker, Roger C., Using Aldus PageMaker 3.0,
1988, Bantam Books, 666 Fifth Ave., New York, NY  10103 (cost
$23.00)


Desktop Publishing (DTP) & Graphic Design (GD) Magazines:

Publish!, P.O. Box 51966, Boulder, CO  80321-1966 Annually $24.00
(DTP)

Step by Step Electronic Design, Dynamic Graphics, PO Box 1901
Peoria, IL 61614 Annually $48.00 (DTP)

Step by Step Graphic Design, Dynamic Graphics, PO Box 1901
Peoria, IL 61614 Annually $48.00 (GD)

Personal Publishing, PO Box 3240, Harlan, IA  51593-2420,
Annually $21.00 (DTP)

HOW, PO Box 12575, Cincinnati, OH  45212-9928, Annually $41.00
(GD)

Electronic Printing & Publishing (EP&P), PO Box 6500, Chicago, IL
60680, (DTP)

Print, America's Graphic Design Magazine, 6400 Goldsboro Rd.,
Bethesda, MD 20817 Annually $46.00 (GD)  -- Fantastic Regional
Annual Awards Books come with subscription

PC Publishing, 950 Lee St., Des Plaines, IL  60016 Annually
$36.00 (DTP/PC's only)

The Page, A Visual Guide to Using the MAC in Desktop Publishing,
PageWorks, PO Box 14493, Chicago, IL  60614 (DTP/MAC's only)

Editor's Workshop Newsletter, Lawrence Ragan Communications, 407
S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL  60605-9974 Annually $69.00 (GD)

I'm sure you all have lots more -- feel free to add other's to the list.  Also
since I'm a PC PM user, I'm not as current on the MAC PM side of publications.

Any MAC users out there have a similar list already compiled?


Second Posting -------------------------------------------------

Since a number of people contacted me for this information, I thought it would
be helpful to post it to the list.

The Graphic Artist's Book Club sells lots of desktop publishing books and
books on traditional publishing info in general.  On their DTP list they have
a number of books just on PageMaker (both MAC & PC items).  Costs are as
low as $10-12 and are usually paperback, some hardcover items run $20.00 or
so.  If you join you get a monthly catalog, and have to buy 2 books in one
year.  (No, I don't work for them, or receive any remuneration from them, just
trying to be helpful...)

The address is:

GABC
PO Box 12526
Cincinnati, OH  45212-0526

toll free phone #  1.800.937.0963

Personally, if you can convince your department to spring for the cost, it's
a great way to build up your reference library.  If not, some of you may still
think its worthwhile.


Third Posting
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>In response to the person who asked about DTP magazines --
>
>I'm a hopeless magazine junkie. I subscribe to:
>
>Publish
>The Page
>Cut & Paste
>X-Height
>Step-by-Step Electronic Design
>Business Publishing (formerly Personal Publishing)
>Home Office Computing
>Desktop
>MacWorld
>MacUser

You may also be interested in _TypeWorld_ and _Computer Pictures_, which
are free publications to those who fill out their questionaires and
eligible for the free subscription.

Addresses are the following:

TypeWorld  (18 issues a year - DTP)
Circulation Department
P.O. Box 2709
Tulsa, OK  74101

Computer Pictures Magazine (6 issues a year - mostly graphics w/some DTP)
Circulation Office
25550 Hawthorne Blvd.
Suite 314
Torrance, CA  90505

P.S. There is one other freebie, but the name escapes me just now.  Will
post, upon receiving the next issue.

Laura
From: Dave.Beaujean@davespc.mi.org (Dave Beaujean)
Sender: FredGate@davespc.mi.org