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eschwartz · 10-12-2015, 02:47 PM

You can and have always been able to create a book in e.g. MS Word/LibreOffice.

calibre includes a very capable DOCX Input plugin which will automagically convert it to EPUB (or anything else).
Alternatively, see @Toxaris' Word Add-In, which does a number of things to ease transition from DOCX ==> EPUB (and performs the final conversion).

If you like fine-grained control, write in markdown, calibre can convert that -- or use LaTeX or DocBook, then convert it with something like Pandoc.

There is a wealth of tools available.
But since you haven't said what specific features you are looking for, we have no idea what to recommend.

10-12-2015, 02:47 PM	#3
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	You can and have always been able to create a book in e.g. MS Word/LibreOffice. calibre includes a very capable DOCX Input plugin which will automagically convert it to EPUB (or anything else). Alternatively, see @Toxaris' Word Add-In, which does a number of things to ease transition from DOCX ==> EPUB (and performs the final conversion). If you like fine-grained control, write in markdown, calibre can convert that -- or use LaTeX or DocBook, then convert it with something like Pandoc. There is a wealth of tools available. But since you haven't said what specific features you are looking for, we have no idea what to recommend.