?ann ?ri 14.feb 2017 00:52, skrifa?i Dave Brzeski & Jilly Paddock: > 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?
Most people I know use Sigil <https://sigil-ebook.com/> for formatting ebooks. The workflow would rather be to use AOO/LO for writing, proofreading and TOC, and then split ways; Scribus for printing layout and Sigil for ebook layout. There have been discussions here on the list about ebook-scripts for Scribus, and if I recall correctly, some tentatives for scripts/extensions. I've never had any problems with Scribus doing my 40-60 page books loaded with a bunch photos and graphics (i7 CPU + 32Gb RAM). Some people on this list even prefer TeX (or variants thereof) for long non-illustrated books and use Scribus just for covers. The only thing I could possibly complain about is when I have to publish a copy of my printed work on the web; a PDF from Scribus is huge, even when published 'for web/screen'. Fortunately there are scripts to correct that. And a PDF from Scribus is not really searchable for text. In my understanding it's because each letter is treated separately, which gives tremendous control for layout, but creates all kinds of problems for exported text. Have not tested this lately, though. Thus I prefer redoing approximate layout in LibreOffice and export that to PDF. Otherwise, it's mostly about choosing the right tools for each task. Good luck, Sveinn ? Felli
