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The best book to begin with is Backgammon by Paul Magriel.  It was published
around 1980.  It's hard to find, but by far the best basic book around.  Just
about every good person I know swears by it.  Once you have the basics down
with that book, Danny Kleinman has written about 10 books that go into much
greater depth.  His first book - Vision Laughs at Counting (with Advice to
the Dicelorn) is also a must read.  Bill Robertie has also written a two 
volume set called Advanced Backgammon.  Its a set of very good problems and
solutions.  As for newsletters, Carol Cole's as mentioned before is very good.
The best is probably Chicago Bar Point by Bill Davis.  It lists all major tournaments and has at least a few good problems a month.  It also has a very interesting letters page at times.  If anyone wants more information on addresses and such send me mail and I'll dig them up.  I can also give people suggestions
on weekly tournaments in Chicago if anyone wants it.

Kurt Schurecht
schurech@nightcrawler.fnal.gov or
schurecht@fnald.fnal.gov