Hi Bob,
On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 12:01:21PM -0700, Bob Plantz wrote:
> So I wonder if anybody can point a beginner like me to a good source
> for helping me to get going on actually writing a book. As when I
> learned LaTeX, I'm sure there will be many learning experiences as I
> write. But I would like to avoid taking too many dead end paths.
You may author the DocBook-XML in any XML editor and use "dblatex" as
processor.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dblatex
This tool enables customization with XSLT and LaTeX.
Kind regards...
Susanne