Scribus vs indesign3/22/2023 ![]() Forget about using the built-in EPUB export functions on word processing programs, or (even worse) the online EPUB converters like Smashwords Meatgrinder: import your DOC files into Sigil and fine-tune them yourself. Sigil: This is an open-source EPUB editor, and it has solved many problems with my e-books that I didn’t even know they had. There’s a bit of a learning curve, but invest some time in it and it really pays off. I use Scribus to lay out my books for print publishing. Scribus: A desktop publishing program, the open-source alternative to Adobe InDesign. ![]() I also use the word processing program, Writer, for most of my blog entries and short stories. I use the spreadsheet program, Calc, to track my revenues and expenditures for my publishing business, since it currently isn’t a large enough enterprise to justify a full-blown accounting program. Word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and more. OpenOffice & LibreOffice: Two different versions of an MS Office-style productivity suite, originally the same product but now on different development forks. Here are a few that I couldn’t do without. Getting yourself into murky legal waters is the last thing you want when you’re trying to get to market as quickly and cheaply as possible.įortunately, there are a number of excellent tools available that can do everything the big-name software titles can do, but which are completely free or very inexpensive. Even if you have access to them through your primary employer, you’ll probably be violating some terms of service if you use them for your own for-profit work. Many people learned to use them in college and have continued using them throughout their professional lives.įor a do-it-yourselfer trying to get started in self-publishing, however, they have a big disadvantage: they’re all expensive as hell. ![]() These software packages have a long history behind them and a huge installed user base. Step into any big business office and you’ll find lots of software with big names attached: Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Intuit QuickBooks, Adobe InDesign, and many more. ![]()
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