index.latex.erb

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
% http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Hyperlinks
%
% urlcolor is required for sections with a colon in the name, since
% hyperref seems to assume the presence of a colon means that the link
% is is a URL.
\usepackage[colorlinks=true,filecolor=blue,urlcolor=blue]{hyperref}
\usepackage[hmargin=0.5in,vmargin=0.2in]{geometry}

\usepackage{multicol}

\usepackage[yyyymmdd,hhmmss]{datetime}

\begin{document}

% \begin{titlepage}
% \end{titlepage}

\title{\bf{<%= title %>}}
\author{Sorted, indexed, and hyperlinked!}
\date{Compiled on \today\ at \currenttime}
\maketitle{}

\renewcommand{\abstractname}{\vspace{-\baselineskip}}
\begin{abstract}
\begin{center}
Compiled from:
\end{center}

\begin{multicols}{2}
\begin{itemize}

<% Book.all.each do |book| -%>
  \item <%= book.description %> (\texttt{<%= book.name %>})
<% end -%>

\end{itemize}
\end{multicols}
\end{abstract}

\begin{multicols}{2}
\begin{itemize}

\itemsep 0em

<% Section.all.sort_by(&:name).each do |section| -%>
  \item[] \href{<%= section.filename %>}{<%= section.latex_name %> (<%= section.book.name %> <%= section.pages_p_string %>)}
<%   break if LIMIT > 0 && i > LIMIT -%>
<% end -%>
\end{itemize}
\end{multicols}

\end{document}