Hi David, I did not use those tools or workflows myself but I know some web based plattforms like fiduswriter.org (more academic) or novlr.org (payed) or the wordpress based pressbooks.com. There are also technical setups (mostly with pandoc) that can do the job, or you can check self-hosted software like bookType or the newer PubSweet (both plattforms, PupSweet is more like a modular publishing framework). There is the famous leanpub, of course, but I am not sure if you can export and publish elsewhere. Other (academic) platforms are described in this nature article: nature.com/articles/d41586-020-009... There are also some experimental tools like paged.js, that generate printable books from html.
BTW I am working on a small selfhosted cms that should generate books in near/far future (like pressbooks), but the book generation is not there yet, so it won't help... (typemill.net).
Thanks, I've used leanpub before it's a great tool. I may end up using that but thought it would be interesting to see what the options are. What I like above leanpub is you can use the web-based editor so you can just write.
I hated writing in Microsoft Word so definitely don't want to go that route.
Novlr looks like a good tool I may have to give it a try.
Just had a quick look at PressBooks looks very interesting, prices look reasonable too.
Thanks for the suggestions.
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Hi David, I did not use those tools or workflows myself but I know some web based plattforms like fiduswriter.org (more academic) or novlr.org (payed) or the wordpress based pressbooks.com. There are also technical setups (mostly with pandoc) that can do the job, or you can check self-hosted software like bookType or the newer PubSweet (both plattforms, PupSweet is more like a modular publishing framework). There is the famous leanpub, of course, but I am not sure if you can export and publish elsewhere. Other (academic) platforms are described in this nature article: nature.com/articles/d41586-020-009... There are also some experimental tools like paged.js, that generate printable books from html.
BTW I am working on a small selfhosted cms that should generate books in near/far future (like pressbooks), but the book generation is not there yet, so it won't help... (typemill.net).
Excited what other people will recommend....
Thanks, I've used leanpub before it's a great tool. I may end up using that but thought it would be interesting to see what the options are. What I like above leanpub is you can use the web-based editor so you can just write.
I hated writing in Microsoft Word so definitely don't want to go that route.
Novlr looks like a good tool I may have to give it a try.
Just had a quick look at PressBooks looks very interesting, prices look reasonable too.
Thanks for the suggestions.