From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marcin Borkowski Subject: Re: Publishing a Book as PDF and ePub. Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2015 16:57:52 +0100 Message-ID: <87io5k5r7j.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <20151102153744.GA2182@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39279) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZtHUx-00009h-Qh for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 10:58:20 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZtHUt-0003k5-TJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 10:58:19 -0500 Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([2a01:5e00:2:52::8]:52631) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZtHUt-0003jx-MN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 10:58:15 -0500 In-reply-to: <20151102153744.GA2182@localhost> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: lists@wilkesley.net Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 2015-11-02, at 16:37, Ian Barton wrote: > Next year our mountaineering club has its 50th anniversary. On the > 21st anniversary we published a book of articles written by members of > the club. Luckily the text was written in WordPerfect and I have > converted it to a series of org-mode files, one per chapter. For the > upcoming 50th anniversary we want to make the book available in both > pdf and ePub or mobi format. > > Creating ePub doesn't look too hard by exporting to html and using > something like Calibre to make the ePub/mobi file. However, as a Latex > neophyte I was wondering which of the several Latex packages would be > suitable. The structure of the book is very simple. No tables or > formulae but has some photos and cartoons, which I have scanned from > the originals. > > All I need is something that will let me format chapter headings, > author attributions and produce a TOC. Templates like Memoir seem to > be vast overkill for my needs and have documentation several times > longer than our book! I agree that memoir might not be the best idea. (I had bad experience with it, probably mainly due to its monolithic design.) One way would be the koma-script packages. (I never used them, but many people are satisfied with them.) Also, the TeX showcase (https://www.tug.org/texshowcase/) might give you some inspiration. And if you are brave enough, you might want to look at ConTeXt: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page . It is an alternative (i.e., not LaTeX-related), TeX-based typesetting engine. IMHO it is more advanced (at least typographically) and /much/ better designed than LaTeX. It seems there is no ConTeXt exporter for Org-mode (however, this should not be difficult to fix). One of he advantages of ConTeXt is that it supposedly can produce an Epub ebook (though this never worked for me - OTOH, I tried it some three years ago, and I would guess the progress might be substantial). Another is an active and helpful (albeit small compared to LaTeX's) community. Also, if/when you have /specific/ questions on how to achieve something in LaTeX, http://tex.stackexchange.com/ is a good place to ask questions. (It is much friendlier and relaxed than SO, btw.) Hth -- Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Adam Mickiewicz University