So I?m a book designer/layout artist the past 24 or so years. I?ve mostly used QuarkXPress and InDesign, but I?ve familiarized myself with Scribus version 1.4.4.
Over the last 7 or 8 years my clients have pretty exclusively been self-publishers. So I got to thinking that a book of both ruminations and making book design choices, as well as how-to tutorials for self-publishers to design and lay out their own books might be in order. And as self-publishers very often work on shoestring budgets, what better software than open source Scribus. I started with version 1.4.4, taking screenshots. Then I put the project down, as I got busy woring on books. I?m now back to having time to write this book. And i?m thinking that, ideally, I want to use the latest version of Scribes. Well, 1.5 is not stable, I?m told. I wonder when 1.6 will be ready and whether it?ll be dfferent enough to warrant waiting for it, rather than writing the book using 1.4.4 or 1.5 for screenshots and step-by-steps? Thank you. Steve Tiano ================================================================ Stephen Tiano Book Designer, Page Compositor & Layout Artist tel. & fax: (631)284-3842 / cell: (631)764-2487 Skype: stephentianobookdesigner FaceTime: Stephen Tiano email: steve at tianobookdesign.com website: http://www.tianobookdesign.com blog: http://tianobookdesign.com/blog twitter: http://twitter.com/StephenTiano Facebook: Stephen-Tiano-Freelance-Book-Designer-Page-Compositor-Layout-Artist LinkedIn: Stephen Tiano ================================================================
