Why does AMS ask for dvi files for books?
There are several reasons: • Most books produced at the AMS are “camera ready”. • AMS cannot ensure that we have the same TeX environment as our authors. Therefore, the output we produce from TeXing a submission could produce output different from what the author expects. • A dvi file (with separate .eps files for graphics, as appropriate) can be converted to PostScript and processed expeditiously through our imagesetter, shortening the time from receipt of the files to start of the press run. • Authors sometimes forget that they have used extra macro packages, either “public” packages (such as those from CTAN) or ones they have created themselves. If an author fails to deliver such packages with the other files comprising a book, there can be delays in gathering the full required complement of files before production can begin.
