Hi everyone, I'm going to go the self-publishing route. Right now, I'm going to focus on ebooks, although converting it to print would be fun later on.
- Mike On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Vasudev Ram <[email protected]> wrote: > > IMO, what software you use depends at least to some extent on whether > you're planning to self-publish it or use some kind of publisher, either > one of the traditional ones or the online ones. If you use a publisher > they'll likely have some restrictions about the kinds of software you can > use to write the book with. If you're publishing yourself, the field is > wide open, as to the choice of software you use, as long as whatever you > use meets your needs not only during the writing process, but also during > the process of creating the final product in different formats - print or > ebooks - and in ebooks, what formats: PDF, .mobi, EPUB, HTML, etc. > > Some options to check out (you may know them already): > > - Lulu.com > > - Leanpub.com > > - Amazon CreateSpace > > And there are others. > > HTH > Vasudev > > Inspired by nature. > - dancingbison.com | @vasudevram | jugad2.blogspot.com > > > On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 10:54 PM, Naomi Ceder <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Mike Driscoll >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I keep thinking I need to write a Python book and I think I'm finally >>> ready to start. Can anyone tell me what software they recommend for writing >>> the book in? I hate MS Word for writing long documents with markup, but I >>> don't think Notepad++ really makes sense either. >>> >>> Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks! >>> >> >> For me the choice was largely determined by the publisher's requirements, >> so I have suffered through using Word (and Open Office, since it crashed >> less frequently). >> >> No useful advice from me, just a caveat. The real pain point I've always >> felt is keeping code snippets current through testing and revision. I know >> that some people have been working on solutions to this issue. I can tell >> you that managing code when writing in something like Word is a total >> nightmare. >> >> >> >>> ------------------- >>> Mike Driscoll >>> >>> Blog: http://blog.pythonlibrary.org >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Python-authors mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-authors >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Naomi Ceder >> https://plus.google.com/u/0/111396744045017339164/about >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-authors mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-authors >> >> > -- ----------------- Mike Driscoll Blog: http://blog.pythonlibrary.org
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