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John123 · 12-03-2011, 07:31 AM

[QUOTE=SUeMichele;1857125]I predict that somewhere along the way someone will make a lot of money . . .[QUOTE]

Yeah, probably Adobe or Bill Gates and make another zillion off us poor working stiffs and get us to debug it for them for the pleasure.

Basically, this stuff is still in it's infancy and, at the moment, Calibre and Sigil come up to the mark as far as the mind-numbing plethora of Ebook readers there are out there. Best of all they are FREE, unless you want to donate.

Throwing my hat into the ring. I'm a typesetter, from the good old days of hot metal production (compositor), since Gutenberg then the late '70s and the advent of cold composition there has never been a "one-stop-shop" for book-production needs, previously only monks could do that. To pull a book together, that the market will accept, you need several programs to get it done, whether it's Photoshop or Illustrator (*groan* Adobe products), etc., etc. and, for the present, Ebooks are no different. For even the most simple novel you have to export PDF (is Adobe looking to dominate the world!), so that printers can use your product!

Think about it this way. The time spent researching your needs could have been spent using Calibre and Sigil, after all, it only takes a few minutes per book.

12-03-2011, 07:31 AM	#15
John123 Connoisseur Posts: 82 Karma: 73150 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Scottish Highlands Device: Samsung Note, Kindle, hudl2	[QUOTE=SUeMichele;1857125]I predict that somewhere along the way someone will make a lot of money . . .[QUOTE] Yeah, probably Adobe or Bill Gates and make another zillion off us poor working stiffs and get us to debug it for them for the pleasure. Basically, this stuff is still in it's infancy and, at the moment, Calibre and Sigil come up to the mark as far as the mind-numbing plethora of Ebook readers there are out there. Best of all they are FREE, unless you want to donate. Throwing my hat into the ring. I'm a typesetter, from the good old days of hot metal production (compositor), since Gutenberg then the late '70s and the advent of cold composition there has never been a "one-stop-shop" for book-production needs, previously only monks could do that. To pull a book together, that the market will accept, you need several programs to get it done, whether it's Photoshop or Illustrator (groan Adobe products), etc., etc. and, for the present, Ebooks are no different. For even the most simple novel you have to export PDF (is Adobe looking to dominate the world!), so that printers can use your product! Think about it this way. The time spent researching your needs could have been spent using Calibre and Sigil, after all, it only takes a few minutes per book. Last edited by John123; 12-03-2011 at 07:37 AM.