I can't speak for fiction or magazines but I do layout of technical books for a couple of commercial publishers. They both have the authors writing in Word using a very simple template. (The thinking is: The books are written by subject matter experts who are not necessarily technical writers. "Almost everyone" has Word; very few have FrameMaker or other layout applications, nor would they be willing to purchase anything as pricey as Frame. In any case, the publishers prefer the writers not to focus on design.)
Once the content is final, it's turned over to a compositor (me or someone like me) who then lays it out for press. In my experience, more of these books are laid out in Quark or InDesign than in FrameMaker. FrameMaker is widely used by corporate pubs or tech pubs groups to produce manuals such as you describe (Maintenance Manuals, Aircraft Maintenance Manuals, Wiring Diagram Manuals, and Illustrated Parts Catalogs). Hope that helps - Pat Christenson On May 7, 2008, at 9:04 AM, Deirdre Reagan wrote: > Just out of curiosity, what kinds of documents are people producing in > Framemaker? > > Our department produces aeronautial documents, such as Component > Maintenance Manuals, Aircraft Maintenance Manuals, Wiring Diagram > Manuals, and Illustrated Parts Catalogs. > > Do people produce books and magazines with Framemaker? Is Stephen > King writing his next masterpiece on Framemaker? Does Anna Wintour > use Framemaker to kick the next issue of Vogue to the curb? Are there > websites that have been created in a Framemaker environment? > > I'm curious to know how widely used this product is and for what > applications. > > Thanks! > > Deirdre > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as pxenson at comcast.net. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/pxenson > %40comcast.net > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
