Insert plug for "Scrivener" here. If you are going the self-publish route, Scrivener will "compile" your manuscript into different formats (html, ePub, mobi, pdf, docx, and different text formats, including the 'manuscript' format that publishers use).
If you would like to know more about Scriv, ping me off list and I'll send a longer email, or go to www.literatureandlatte.com and browse for more info. rip > On 03 Jun 2015, at 08:11, Raymond Feist <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On Jun 3, 2015, at 5:33 AM, john.leighton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Don't forget that most authors would probably use word processors, it'll >> make it easy to transport proof. It's just a conversion to e-book format. > > > They don’t use our files, I’ll guarantee it. I export to Word from Pages. > They have specific programs that convert from Word to whatever dedicated > program they work with to set type font and format in industrial > printing—that is the province of the book designer. I suspect that is what > gets turned into the various e-book formats (Kindle, eBook, etc.) > > Never bothered to specifically ask, truth to tell. At some point it went > from a linotype setter—a real human being when I first broke in—to something > fully automated. > > All I know is that budget cuts over the years have dumped more responsibility > on my editor with less support much to the detriment of the finished book. > Long story cut about my brilliant copy editing 30 years ago and how I miss > this lovely, quirky Englishwoman by name Elaine Chubb, who could fix typos > and make me look brilliant, who is now replaced by a program that doesn’t > catch so many things. . . sigh. > > In any event, if the subject should arise next time I’m in New York with my > editor, I’ll ask how it gets done these days. > > Best, R.E.F. >
