Printed Photoshop User Guide?

As a charter member of the Manual & Magic Marker school of learning, I know the pain of monitor eye strain. For what it's worth, depending upon your degree of proficiency, you may be interested in knowing that the Missing Manual series is still out there. Here is an Amazon listing:

I do not have a copy of this book but a Missing Manual has never been disappointing.

If you want to get into Lab Color, Dan Margulis' first book on the subject is a bargain at the Amazon price. The the later version is excellent but may be difficult to handle if Lab is a total stranger to you.

Magic Markers are extra.

Good luck, old timer.

The bottom line here, is that Adobe price Photoshop very competitively, with the Photography plan at least.  As others have said, you would not get it for that price if it came with a thick printed book, and it would need to be many hundreds of pages in order to contain guidance on all of Photoshop's features.

As it stands, you have the option to use whatever printed material best suits your needs.  The Classroom in a Book series is the closest to an official Adobe manual, and it is surprisingly cheap at just $51 on Amazon.   Note I am not entirely sure if that is American or NZ dollars.  I don't want to click on anything as Amazon is set up for one click purchases here.

As Bob Dylan sang: "The Times, They are a Changing." No company wants to pay out for boxed software with printed manuals, and dvd-roms, where direct downloads or online help via high speed connections will do for most.

If you still want a printed bound copy, you can pay a print/copy center to do that for you.

Gene

To add to the answers above - don't forget the search tool in the options bar within Photoshop.

Dave

With a product that changes so often, a print book no longer makes sense.

To be honest, YouTube is likely the best source for free tutorials. LinkedIn Learning (lynda.com) is a great place for paid tutorials among many others.