On 2011-03-19 03:47 , Ashley Aitken wrote:
Hi Kevin, I'd keep it simple and use Word or Pages (even thought I don't know for sure that both allow PDF inserts but I assume they both would considering its 2011).
i would stay away from Pages if you are going to hand the book off to a publisher for more work; and Word is a big "maybe"
I assume from what you have said in other posts that you will let the publisher fool around with the final formatting and conversion to HTML and eBook.
publishers don't "fool around" with formatting -- they need a well-prepared manuscript or they are going to hate you; maybe the publisher accepts Word, maybe they don't; i produced a book on beer chemistry, full of diagrams, in Word in 1989, but that was because PageMaker at the time couldn't yet handle inline illustrations (we also printed the masters for the book ourselves on a laser printer, so we had complete control)
people who produce books still to this day complain about the trouble that manuscripts prepared in Word cause them -- often huge cleanup jobs unless the author coordinated well with the producer and rigorously used style sheets and proper image formats
the biggest mistake you can make is to fail to ask the printer/publisher what formats they accept
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