What are the opensource options available for creating professional looking e-books?
Are there a set of techniques/best-practices for this?
Please give inputs or direct me to precise sites that address this ...
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closed as not a real question by random♦ Oct 18 '11 at 13:37
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here is a PDF guide on how to make ePubs. I found it very useful. |
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There are fantastic open source softwares for creating any kind of ebook. Depending up on the type of content you are working with, you could use a combination of them. Scribus - DTP software, (used for creating Ubuntu's Full Circle magazine) Inkscape and Gimp can be used to create/design stuff. LaTeX produces stunning pdf files. The list is endless. Now, one could write in a plain text file with some markdown, and convert it to any format (latex, latex->pdf, epub, html pages, slideshows..) using Pandoc or Calibre. This is probably the easiest way. |
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http://www.charlietanksley.net/philtex/reading-pdfs-on-portables/ This site has some great info on doing that for ebook readers |
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LaTeX: Worry less about formatting and more about content. |
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