In my experience, publishers are looking for some way to get their hands on the text for typesetting, and they need a general idea as to where the images go. They are used to receiving "Word" files which provide the text and the author's idea of formatting, including emphasized words and placement of images. It is useful for them to be able to get their hands on a "Word" file, but since Word doesn't render the same everywhere it is sometimes also useful to send a "pdf" file.
If you create a pdf file using a PostScript driver and ps2pdf, the publisher may not be able to extract the text for typesetting. Depending on how much specialized text formatting is in the book, I would suggest submitting a plain-text file, an OpenDocument file, a Word compatible file, and the image files. If a "pdf" cannot be created, the publisher will likely be able to get what he needs for typesetting from one of the other formats. _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
