Hey everyone, I need a bit of help. I am crunched for time so this post isn’t written well, but maybe you can help shed some light on book design software.
I’ve always wanted to learn book binding but I have a totally different question right now. I’m an instructional designer and I need to produce a lot of learning material, and it could eventually fill a small book. What software do you use to put together books?
I believe software like Adobe InDesign and Quark Xpress will do that sort of thing, but I’m also interested in the work flow. Is content written in something such as a word processor as a text editor and then imported or is the copy written into text boxes?
I’ve also considered looking at Microsoft Publisher, because realistically my needs are pretty small but I do still have questions about the content creation and workflow.
I found Blurb.com seemed like a pretty interesting site. It sounds like it provides free software for you produce your book and then you just pay for the printed copies. It sounds like a great idea, have you tried it?
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