On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 16:02:53 -0500 Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote:
> On 02/18/2014 03:27 PM, JLuc wrote: > > Le 18/02/2014 20:45, john Culleton a ?crit : > >> I am trying my first real book interior in > >> Scribus, and the page count will exceed 128. > >> There will be text plus lots of black and > >> white illos. I will use 1.5.0. > >> So what is the preferred workflow: > >> 1. Type each chapter externally and import > >> as text into a set of linked pages. Then > >> export the chapter as pdf. > >> 2. Type each chapter using story editor. Then > >> export the chapter as pdf. > >> 3. Type the whole book in one document. > > > > I use a mixture of 1 and 3, depending on the > > book. > > > > I type the text in external documents > > (libreoffice or googledocs) and import them > > as text (without style import) I do the > > layout then. > > > > With 1) i setup a script to merge the > > produced PDFs with pdftk when required. > > > > With 3) when the SLAs are ready and before > > producing the PDF, i merge the 10 to 20 SLAs > > in 3 or 4 big SLAs (Pages > Import) (entry > > and summaries, first part, second part, last > > part) I redo manualy all links (because > > #11110) and sometime i clean the duplicated > > and unused styles (#11814, #11420) but there > > should be no problem if the styles have the > > same definition in all merged parts. And then > > i produce the 3 or 4 PDFs that i send as is > > to the printer, without merging them further. > > > >> I am concerned about two things: speed/ease > >> of production and size of the ultimate pdf. > >> It seems to me that if I merge chapters > >> using pdftk then there will be a lot of > >> repetition in the pdf of fonts etc. > > > > Merging the PDFs is fully scriptable, fast > > and reliable, and less tricky than merging > > the SLAs, but i dont like keeping lots of > > SLAs. IMO, fonts are not that big compared to > > scribus produced PDFs. > > > > I think the preferred workflow is whatever > works. Certainly for 128 pages, your option 2 > is the least workable. > > You know you need to break up your book into > smaller pieces when screen updates become > intolerably long. A 128 page all or mostly text > book might actually work if you have plenty of > RAM and a fast processor. > > The downside of breaking up your book is to > make sure you keep track of page numbering, > right-left pages, and all the other things that > make for a smooth finished book once you merge. > > AFAIK, pdftk should avoid duplication of font > metrics in your final PDF. > > Greg > > OK I am going to enter text for chapters into a txt file, flow the text into linked text frames, set up the fancy stuff in story editor, save each chapter as a separate pdf and merge with pdftk. Stay tuned for progress reports :<) -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
