New scope owner question: EPs and books

I am new to this hobby and I just upgraded (slightly) from a 5 inch Meade ,walmart special, to a used 12 inch lx200!! (thanks astromart)—I know just enough to realize what end to point up. Is there a good book(s) you could recommend that are more specific to the lx200 (like an advanced owners manual) including basic wedge use, photography, planet/deep sky observing?? Plus where to buy it?? I have seen the Mapug site, but it seems hard to navigate and seems to cater to “extremely advanced” users.. 2nd question.. Eyepieces.. It will come with a 26mm super plossl and 2 inch star diag. From trolling the old postings till my eyes hurt, I think I realize now that my original “hey, why not get all 2 inch EPs?” ideal is faulty since the power is the limiting factor. I want some in the 9-19 mm range. Would I be advised to find a 1.25 set like the “Meade anniversary special”.(or would I be robbing the potential of the scope) or pick and chose till I get a few. Medium price is what I can afford now!! I have seen a zoom EP. Would that solve my problems with one EP? I do have glasses. I want to use them for DSO and planets, and seeing what my neighbors 5 miles away are eating for supper!!!

EPs are one of the hardest to answer questions of all time.
I would suggest that you get a small set of 3 or 4 more EPs ranging from 10mm to 32mm to start. That is the 26mm you are getting and maybe the 10,15,20,30-32mm Plossls or other not too expensive EP. Then after you get a chance to try other EPs you can make up your own mind and make up a new set.
The Meade set would be ok if you could get it for the $99. I would say absolutely for that price, but for $250-300 I would buy something else. The eyerelief is not the greatest for glasses with some of these EPs in the set.

Floyd