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Publish Your Own ebooks with FOSS Tools
Scott Nesbitt
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or: Adventures in Modern Publishing
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vs.
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Why EPUB?
●Open standard●Widely supported●Reflowable and
resizable text●Perfect for text-
heavy books
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Why EPUB?
●Open standard●Widely supported●Reflowable and
resizable text●Perfect for text-
heavy books
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Why EPUB?
●Open standard●Widely supported●Reflowable and
resizable text●Perfect for text-
heavy books
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Why EPUB?
●Open standard●Widely supported●Reflowable and
resizable text●Perfect for text-
heavy books
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Why EPUB?
●Open standard●Widely supported●Reflowable and
resizable text●Perfect for text-
heavy books
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Drawbacks of EPUB
●Not meant for books with complex layouts
●Weak support for scientific publishing
●Poor support for linking into and between books
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●DocBook●AsciiDoc●OpenOffice.org
/LibreOffice●Sigil●Booki
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●DocBook●AsciiDoc●OpenOffice.org
/LibreOffice●Sigil●Booki
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●DocBook●AsciiDoc●OpenOffice.org
/LibreOffice●Sigil●Booki
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●DocBook●AsciiDoc●OpenOffice.org
/LibreOffice●Sigil●Booki
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●DocBook●AsciiDoc●OpenOffice.org
/LibreOffice●Sigil●Booki
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●DocBook●AsciiDoc●OpenOffice.org
/LibreOffice●Sigil●Booki
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&
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Final Thoughts
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Questions?
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