i want to learn inkscape and want to know what book you would recommend i get from a beginners standpoint. i don't want to use the word "best" because best is relative. what i will say is what inkscape book did you find or buy that guided your hand, and really taught you inkscape. basicly, im looking for a book that sounds like a book and not a copy of the manual. currently, im think about this book, http://nostarch.com/inkscape.htm

I've heard about that book but haven't read it.

I owe my Inkscape knowledge to the Inkscape guide, without it I probably wouldn't even start using Inkscape; you can purchase the book or read it for free online:
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/

If I may toot my own horn the book I poured my Inkscape knowledge into on has been published recently, it is very beginner friendly:
http://www.packtpub.com/inkscape-048-il ... kbook/book
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