![]() has a certain resemblance to markdown, html, xml, things I know. ![]() Looking for alternatives to Scribus I have read about LaTeX. ![]() Other than that, there remains the task of making that PDF meet IngramSpark's requirements.Īctually, the editing work that I intend to undertake is great, there are 15 books of 480 pages each, so to think about having to divide that into separate documents per chapter and then recompose it again in a PDF and then have to configure it for IngramSpark … it scares me. The suggested solutions were not to my liking: separating the book into several documents (per chapter), trying to make sure that each chapter does not have more than 30 pages, and others … Then resorting to complicated processes to reassemble them all in one PDF. But, in my search I read on several sites complaints regarding long documents (eg slowness in the program). I must say that in everything I read Scribus is a highly praised program in the free software community. The first one I came across in my search was Scribus. The experience with the POD company was not good either, so I am deciding to publish on IngramSpark.Īnother important aspect is that I am currently migrating from Mac OSX to Linux, so I started to looke for open source alternatives to InDesign. That is why I started looking for alternatives to InDesign. But it is commercial software, not profitable in my case because I am not exclusively dedicated to book design. I've already published a first book (not on IngramSpark). I am not an expert in book design or layout, I am a software programmer and I have extensive knowledge of HTML, XML, Markdown and some programming languages. What is missing now is to layout the text, review it and correct any errors. Currently most of the work is distributed in Word documents, Google Docs and Pages. Another important aspect is that the text is already written (it is a compilation). The content is basically text and a few black and white images. I want to publish multiple large text books, each one about 480 pages long, this is print on demand (POD) on IngramSpark.
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