Many thanks to all who replied. This is very useful information. It is actually
the print book
formatting that mainly concerns me, as ebook formatting isn't that hard. I
simply convert the doc to
html, then make mobi and epub files in Calibre, to get an idea what it looks
like before uploading
t
On 02/15/2017 05:35 AM, Dave Brzeski & Jilly Paddock wrote:
> Many thanks to all who replied. This is very useful information. It is
> actually the print book
> formatting that mainly concerns me, as ebook formatting isn't that hard. I
> simply convert the doc to
> html, then make mobi and epub f
>
>
> 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.
>
>
IMO Scribus is not the best tool to create eBooks, becase Scribus is very
"page ori
?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 b
On 02/13/2017 07:52 PM, Dave Brzeski & Jilly Paddock 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 f
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, Libre
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 C
I made a 196 page book[1] in Scribus 1.4.6, I had to split it into 10
documents to be manageable after several crashes.
[1] https://issuu.com/periodicoeleslabon/docs/libro
2017-02-13 23:15 GMT-03:00 John Jason Jordan :
> On Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:52:39 +
> Dave Brzeski & Jilly Paddock dijo:
>
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software are out-of-date.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 eb
On Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:52:39 +
Dave Brzeski & Jilly Paddock dijo:
>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 & catal
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