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Old 11-03-2009, 11:16 PM   #54
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney View Post
I think Arnold Bailey starts with the same copy edited and proofread manuscript in Word format that Nancy will use to create the source files for the printer, and I suspect most of his process is scripted.
I assumed that first step in the process (result of editing and proofreading) is "normalization" to structured format like DocBook, which is then imported as XML into InDesign for pbook creation, script-converted to a myriad of e-book formats (except PDF)... I thought that O'Reilly has closed the DocBook/XML/InDesign loop long time ago?
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