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Originally Posted by Hitch
Most print layout companies use InDesign or something similar (which outputs seriously crap ePUB files, don't let them kid you)...and the laid-out book is what is sent out, in galleys, to the author/editors for proofing, not the source material. This is where the process diverges, and you end up with two differing sources; the marked-up INDD file, and the original source material. Generally, what happens is that the INDD file gets polished, sent to the printers...and the Word file (or OO, or whatever) gets sent to someone like Aptara, to be spat out as the ebook. So: that's process/item #1.
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Could you expand on that?
I have no doubt it's true, but it sounds ridiculous, so say the least. (The part with two separate sources, not the part with ePub - that I certainly believe, but it's only a intermediate problem, I wouldn't believe it's an unsolvable problem).
Why is there not a single file format that is used for corrections/layout/print/whatever?
Why keep two (three?) "sources" running concurrently?