Hi Mark --I just completed a 320-page, heavily-illustrated technical book using Scribus. I guess you could say my workflow was designed around Scribus: http://tinyurl.com/5b8wpd
Each chapter of 10-20 pages was a separate Scribus file. Within those chapters, re-arranging sections was easy--just a couple minutes of re-formatting using the master page templates if I had to insert or remove pages. Then the final steps were; - Assemble sections into final order in each chapter - Assign page numbering to each chapter - Build TOC and Index - Generate press-ready PDF of each Chapter - Assemble PDFs into one large PDF, using PDF Toolkit (or Acrobat) I hope that helps. DAN Eeeyow. Okay. Looks like more explanation on my part is in order. I have a good idea of what the book is going to look like. I can lay out individual chapters with good results. I have a handle on the margins, illustrations, headers/footers, and virtually all other details. This is a technical/hobbyist book which consists of numerous sections, each on a different piece of equipment. I have more sections than are necessary to reach my target size of 235-250 pages (~125 two-sided pages). That's why I'm looking for a way to move, add, or delete sections. Right now, I don't have a final idea of WHICH sections are ultimately going to be used because I don't have a good enough estimate of the page count until I actually lay them out with all the pix. This is a heavily-illustrated book. Sort of a Catch-22.
