LaTeX master template for writing a book

chaptertemplate.tex

\chapter{Chapter Title}

\begin{shaded}
  \textbf{This chapter covers:}
    \begin{itemize}
      \item Topic 1
      \item Topic 2
    \end{itemize}
\end{shaded}

Chapter intro goes here


\begin{shaded}
  \textbf{You could have shaded callouts}\\*
  This area could be used to add more stuff
\end{shaded}


\section{Section Name}

Section content goes here.  In sections you can have images that you refer to the as figure ref{fig:1_1}.  When you do this, LaTeX will look for a file named 1_1.png in the images folder specified in the master.tex file.  Make sure you include the caption and the label as part of the image declaration.

\begin{figure}[h]
    \centering
    \includegraphics[scale=0.2]{1_1}
    \caption{How Titanium works}
    \label{fig:1_1}
\end{figure}

\clearpage

\begin{shaded}
The clear page command above I use sometimes because of an image is placed in the bottom of a page, the float gets broken and the rest of the text and images in the chapter get messed up.
\end{shaded}

\subsection{This is a subsection}
Subsecton text goes here

\subsection{This is a subsection}
You could have tables and reference them as table \ref{tbl:my-label}.

\begin{table}[hbtp]
\footnotesize
\centering
\begin{tabulary}{1.0\textwidth}{L|L}\hline
\textbf{Column 1} & \textbf{Column 2)} \\ \hline\hline
Conent & Content \\ \hline
Conent & Content \\ \hline
Conent & Content \\ \hline
Conent & Content \\ \hline
\end{tabulary}
\caption{Native Platform Tools}
\label{tbl:my-label}
\end{table}


You can also add code, and reference it as listing \ref{lst:1_1}


\begin{lstlisting}[caption={The caption},label={lst:1_1}]
var x=y;

var obj={
      javascript : "ftw"
} 
\end{lstlisting}


\section{Summary}

End your chapter and bye bye

master.tex

% Template from: 
% http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/70824/painless-memoir-class-book-template
\documentclass[10pt,twoside,openright]{memoir}
\usepackage[paperwidth=7.5in, paperheight=9.25in,bindingoffset=.75in]{geometry}
\setstocksize{9.25in}{7.5in}
\usepackage[protrusion=true,expansion=true]{microtype}

% START MY CUSTOMIZATIONS
\usepackage{framed}
\usepackage{color}
\definecolor{shadecolor}{gray}{0.90}    % Color for callouts
\usepackage{graphicx}                   % If you want to include postscript graphics
\graphicspath{ {images/} }              % Images folder

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}             % UTF-8 characters
\usepackage{hyperref}                   % For URLs
\usepackage{tabulary}                   % Nicer tables
\usepackage{listings}                   % Code listings

\usepackage{listingsutf8}               % For source code listings

\lstset{basicstyle=\footnotesize\ttfamily,    % Code listings
      breaklines=true,
      keywordstyle=\color{blue}\ttfamily,
      stringstyle=\color{red}\ttfamily,
      commentstyle=\color{green}\ttfamily}    % Quotes in code listings
\lstset{framextopmargin=50pt}
% END MY CUSTOMIZATIONS

\usepackage{makeidx}      % If you want to generate an index, automatically
\makeindex                % Working with indexes


%%% BEGIN DOCUMENT
\begin{document}

    %%% TITLE PAGE
    \pagestyle{empty}

    \begin{vplace}[0.7]
        \begin{center}
            \huge{\textbf{The Title}}
        \end{center}
    
        \begin{center}
            \large{\textit{The Subtitle}}
            \vspace{0.3in}
        \end{center}

        \begin{center}
            \textbf{The Author}
        \end{center}
    \end{vplace}
    
    %%% COPYRIGHTS PAGE
    \clearpage
    \include{chapters/copyrights}
    \clearpage

\frontmatter
    \include{chapters/foreword}
    \include{chapters/preface}        
    \include{chapters/acknowledgements}
    \include{chapters/aboutbook}
    \tableofcontents

\mainmatter
    \part{The First Part}
    \include{chapters/ch01}

    \part{The Other Part}
    \include{chapters/ch01}

    %%% BEGIN APPENDICES
    \begin{appendices}
        \include{chapters/appendixa}
        \include{chapters/appendixb}
        \include{chapters/appendixc}
    \end{appendices}

\backmatter
    \listoffigures
    \clearpage
    \listoftables
    \clearpage
    \printindex

\end{document}