On Wednesday 30 January 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I agree with Ed. I published a couple of books. The first one was done in > MS Word at the insistence of the publisher. It was a production nightmare. > Word might be fine for novels, but when you have a tech manual, it doesn't > cut it. > > The second book, at a different publisher, was done in LaTeX using a > template supplied by the editor. It went like a charm. The PS files were > sent on time to the printer and the quality was excellent. LaTeX has a > learning curve, but it works and is very well documented. > > --Fred
Likewise the other authors I spoke to said that publishers seem to accept MS Word, which is not what I wanted to hear. I tried looking at print-on-demand publishing websites to see what formats they accept, but most don't seem to list that -- you'd think they would. Having an editor for your own book seems to be rather important; I know an editor that authored her own book and then tried to edit it herself -- that was a mistake. It seems that as an author it's easy to miss your own mistakes, probably somewhat similar to trying to debug your own code. Peer review of the book in lieu of an editor isn't a full replacement but it at least gets rid of the more obvious problems. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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