Nando Vieira wrote:
On Jun 5, 2008, at 12:20 PM, marios wrote:
Suggestions, links and resources welcome
Just read the thread today. I built a Ruby gem that handles book writing process with Textile or Markdown.
That sounds good, since I operate textile markup from the web-side, which always tended to hold me back to completely switch to markdown. ( Which I would prefer, since it is easier to type )
You can generate a PDF using the Prince XML which cost 495USD (the free version adds a small logo at the first page).
Wasn't aware of the price tag difference ( I think I had confused it with a Server license )
If you're writing a programming book, the code can be highlighted using your preferred Textmate theme.
I'm using it to write my RSpec book right now. Footnotes are supported and I working on the indexes system and TOC.
I will not have code, but footnotes and references. Some automatic index updating for TOC's from headers would be interesting though.
The best part is that you can layout your book professionally using CSS.
I think, that is indeed useful. You might want to release some free samples as teasers for your book, before even thinking to contact a publisher, and I had this in mind from the beginning.
Check it out: http://github.com/fnando/bookmaker
Very nice, it seems that more and more options are coming together, so thanks for that.
Don't know if somebody has suggested similar way, 'cause I haven't read the whole thread yet!
regards, marios