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Doitsu · 01-12-2014, 04:51 AM

@skreutzer: Two other Open Source projects, recently announced ePub support:

AbiWord 3.0
Calligra Author 2.6

But, as is all too common in the Linux world, both projects have not released any Windows binaries thus excluding about 90% of all potential users.

It'd be great, if you could create Windows builds for these projects. You could also either join the development team of these projects to further your ideas or create a customized version that encourages using styles instead of direct formatting.

However, before you proceed any further, it couldn't hurt to ask authors:

- what tool they actually use for writing books (Word, Jutoh, AWP, Scrivener etc),
- why they don't use Sigil,
- what authoring features they'd like to see implemented etc.

(You can create a poll in the Writer's Corner forum.)

01-12-2014, 04:51 AM	#33
Doitsu Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,743 Karma: 24031403 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle PW2	@skreutzer: Two other Open Source projects, recently announced ePub support: AbiWord 3.0 Calligra Author 2.6 But, as is all too common in the Linux world, both projects have not released any Windows binaries thus excluding about 90% of all potential users. It'd be great, if you could create Windows builds for these projects. You could also either join the development team of these projects to further your ideas or create a customized version that encourages using styles instead of direct formatting. However, before you proceed any further, it couldn't hurt to ask authors: - what tool they actually use for writing books (Word, Jutoh, AWP, Scrivener etc), - why they don't use Sigil, - what authoring features they'd like to see implemented etc. (You can create a poll in the Writer's Corner forum.) Last edited by Doitsu; 01-12-2014 at 07:54 AM.