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When I looked at the hard copy of the book, I was concerned about space on the page. The changes I have suggested could have been put closer to Figure 2.8, but as a newbie I was referring to the text, then following the process described in the text as it appeared in Figure 2.8. My vote is that it fits better where I put it. I also tried to use as few words as possible while making sure "Best Practice" was clearly emphasized as early as possible in a newbies investigations/studies/indoctrination. Pick a word.    :)
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@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ As you can see, Alice's wallet contains enough bitcoin in a single unspent outpu
((("outputs and inputs", "creating outputs")))A transaction output is created in the form of a script that creates an encumbrance on the value and can only be redeemed by the introduction of a solution to the script. In simpler terms, Alice's transaction output will contain a script that says something like, "This output is payable to whoever can present a signature from the key corresponding to Bob's public address." Because only Bob has the wallet with the keys corresponding to that address, only Bob's wallet can present such a signature to redeem this output. Alice will therefore "encumber" the output value with a demand for a signature from Bob.
This transaction will also include a second output, because Alice's funds are in the form of a 0.10 BTC output, too much money for the 0.015 BTC cup of coffee. Alice will need 0.085 BTC in change. Alice's change payment is created by Alice's wallet as an output in the very same transaction as the payment to Bob. Essentially, Alice's wallet breaks her funds into two payments: one to Bob and one back to herself. She can then use (spend) the change output in a subsequent transaction.
This transaction will also include a second output, because Alice's funds are in the form of a 0.10 BTC output, too much money for the 0.015 BTC cup of coffee. Alice will need 0.085 BTC in change. Alice's change payment is created by Alice's wallet as an output in the very same transaction as the payment to Bob. Essentially, Alice's wallet breaks her funds into two payments: one to Bob and one back to herself. She can then use (spend) the change output in a subsequent transaction. Alice's existing adddress is reused in this example for clarity. For "Best Practice," Alice's payment back to herself would go to a completely new address.
Finally, for the transaction to be processed by the network in a timely fashion, Alice's wallet application will add a small fee. This is not explicit in the transaction; it is implied by the difference between inputs and outputs. If instead of taking 0.085 in change, Alice creates only 0.0845 as the second output, there will be 0.0005 BTC (half a millibitcoin) left over. The input's 0.10 BTC is not fully spent with the two outputs, because they will add up to less than 0.10. The resulting difference is the _transaction fee_ that is collected by the miner as a fee for validating and including the transaction in a block to be recorded on the blockchain.