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The slides for a presentation given at FSOSS 2011 on publishing ebooks (in EPUB format) using free and Open Source tools.
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Publish Your Own ebooks with FOSS Tools
Scott Nesbitt
or: Adventures in Modern Publishing
vs.
Why EPUB?
●Open standard●Widely supported●Reflowable and
resizable text●Perfect for text-
heavy books
Why EPUB?
●Open standard●Widely supported●Reflowable and
resizable text●Perfect for text-
heavy books
Why EPUB?
●Open standard●Widely supported●Reflowable and
resizable text●Perfect for text-
heavy books
Why EPUB?
●Open standard●Widely supported●Reflowable and
resizable text●Perfect for text-
heavy books
Why EPUB?
●Open standard●Widely supported●Reflowable and
resizable text●Perfect for text-
heavy books
Drawbacks of EPUB
●Not meant for books with complex layouts
●Weak support for scientific publishing
●Poor support for linking into and between books
●DocBook●AsciiDoc●OpenOffice.org
/LibreOffice●Sigil●Booki
●DocBook●AsciiDoc●OpenOffice.org
/LibreOffice●Sigil●Booki
●DocBook●AsciiDoc●OpenOffice.org
/LibreOffice●Sigil●Booki
●DocBook●AsciiDoc●OpenOffice.org
/LibreOffice●Sigil●Booki
●DocBook●AsciiDoc●OpenOffice.org
/LibreOffice●Sigil●Booki
●DocBook●AsciiDoc●OpenOffice.org
/LibreOffice●Sigil●Booki
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Final Thoughts
Questions?
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