This guide provides a complete overview of many of the processes, techniques and strategies used by professional search engine optimization specialists.

An Excellent article by Rand at SEOMOZ

http://www.seomoz.org/beginners.php

Praveen, Thats a nice guide for beginners in SEO.
It seems nice ebook that is well indexed and easy to read and available in html and word format to download. I have taken and kept it in my ebook section.

Thanks Parveen! Its nice guide.

Thanks again ,
Amit

Praveen,
It really helped me a lot. It's nice of you.

Thank you
Ashu