What's the best book to learn Adobe Illustrator for GUI ?

Howdy.

I can't say which is best, but I like  the Visual Quickstart Guide from Peachpit Press. I have it for Photoshop and Illustrator. As the title states, it's for a quick start. A concise description of every tool and option, with simple, easy to follow instructions with screen shots. I have Photoshop CS3, and have well over 10,000 hrs in Ps and have several newer Ps books. But my tattered old Visual Quickstart Guide for Ps 6 is still my first resource when questions arise.

So far as Illustrator goes, I'm only about 100 hours into it, and so far, so good. But it could be just be a case of ignorance is bliss. Mike has thoughtfully posted the link for Peachpit Press above. You can check it out yourself.

Peace,

Lee

P.S. Here's a direct link to the guide for Illustrator.

You can also check the books on Adobe Illustrator CS5 here: http://illustrator-tutorials.co.cc/category/illustrator-books/

I hope this will help you.

Check out www.peachpitpress.com and youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAhAfhSdljw

http://www.peachpit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0321765559 table of contents look good