[scribus] Question from a complete newbie

[Michelle Allegretti]

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 software are out-of-date.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
>
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> 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
>>
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