For me Scribus is wonderful. I created a 180 page technical training manual and it worked really well. I haven't upgraded to the latest version yet, I use 1.4.6. I just had to make sure I saved frequently. But I did that with MS Word which couldn't begin to do what Scribus can. And to me, LibreOffice is a throttled Word.
On 02/13/2017 09:12 PM, Geoffrey Dow wrote: > I produced a text-heavy book using Scribus in 2013, so my insights into the > software are out-of-date. (That said, I'm *really* looking forward to using > the latest stable version on my next project!) > > However, at the time at least, Scribus wasn't the recommended software for > creating an ebook. My ebook version was a document produced using > LibreOffice, and saved as a .doc. Point being, most ebooks do away with the > complex formatting Scribus affords, unless you intend to release your book > as a .pdf file. > > I found the instructions available through Smashwords very easy-to-use: > https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/52. > > > Geoff > > *************************************************************************** > Geoffrey Dow, www.ed-rex.com | https://twitter.com/ed_rex > The Old Man's Last Sauna now > available!http://www.bppress.ca/product/old-mans-last-sauna/ > <http://www.ed-rex.com/bumblepuppy/books/ordering> > *************************************************************************** > > > On 13 February 2017 at 19:52, Dave Brzeski & Jilly Paddock < > dave at cathaven.co.uk> wrote: > >> Having looked at the price of InDesign & reeled in shock, I looked for an >> alternative. Scribus looks >> great. I already use Apache OpenOffice, so I'm used to Open Source >> software. >> >> What I'm looking to learn to do is format books for ebook & paperback >> editions. I don't really fancy >> doing it on the CreateSpace website & I definitely don't fancy their >> charges for doing it for you. >> >> I picked up a copy of the Scribus 1.3.5 Beginner's Guide by Cedric Geary >> and was a little worried >> when I read in the preface that Scribus was ideal for helping create >> business card, brochures, >> newsletters, magazines & catalogues, but books aren't mentioned. Is >> Scribus up to the task of laying >> out paperback books and are there any limitations I need to know about >> going in? >> >> Thanks - Dave Brzeski >> >> ___ >> Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net >> Edit your options or unsubscribe: >> http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus >> See also: >> http://wiki.scribus.net >> http://forums.scribus.net >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20170213/0ca5efdb/attachment.html> > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net
