[Python-authors] Book writing software

[Vasudev Ram]

IMO, what software you use depends at least to some extent on whether
you're planning to self-publish it or use some kind of publisher, either
one of the traditional ones or the online ones. If you use a publisher
they'll likely have some restrictions about the kinds of software you can
use to write the book with. If you're publishing yourself, the field is
wide open, as to the choice of software you use, as long as whatever you
use meets your needs not only during the writing process, but also during
the process of creating the final product in different formats - print or
ebooks - and in ebooks, what formats: PDF, .mobi, EPUB, HTML, etc.

Some options to check out (you may know them already):

- Lulu.com

- Leanpub.com

- Amazon CreateSpace

And there are others.

HTH
Vasudev

Inspired by nature.
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On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 10:54 PM, Naomi Ceder <naomi.ceder at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Mike Driscoll <mike at pythonlibrary.org>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I keep thinking I need to write a Python book and I think I'm finally
>> ready to start. Can anyone tell me what software they recommend for writing
>> the book in? I hate MS Word for writing long documents with markup, but I
>> don't think Notepad++ really makes sense either.
>>
>> Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!
>>
>
> For me the choice was largely determined by the publisher's requirements,
> so I have suffered through using Word (and Open Office, since it crashed
> less frequently).
>
> No useful advice from me, just a caveat. The real pain point I've always
> felt is keeping code snippets current through testing and revision. I know
> that some people have been working on solutions to this issue. I can tell
> you that managing code when writing in something like Word is a total
> nightmare.
>
>
>
>> -------------------
>> Mike Driscoll
>>
>> Blog:   http://blog.pythonlibrary.org
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