On 20/03/2011, at 1:07 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> 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)
I've not published a book I've personally written but I was assuming Kevin would just supply the content and they would do the layout, provide a version for Kevin to annotate changes to, etc. I realise that in many cases one would have to produce the final version oneself meeting the specific layout requirements of the publisher and possible file formats etc. > 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 I wasn't suggesting the final copy be produced in Word but that they would take the content from Word and put it into their publishing system. > the biggest mistake you can make is to fail to ask the printer/publisher what > formats they accept I agree. I don't know about Kevin's skills or interests but, as someone else suggested, using these high-end programs (like InDesign) is not easy, at least for me, and not at all easy to do well. Layout, colour, etc etc. Cheers, Ashley. -- Ashley Aitken Perth, Western Australia mrhatken at mac dot com Skype Name: MrHatken (GMT + 8 Hours!) _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
