Re: Org as a publishing framework, where to start?

[Russell Adams <RLAdams@AdamsInfoServ.Com>]

On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 02:09:22PM -0600, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'd love to use orgmode as my publishing framework for ebooks (mainly PDF).
> I'd like some flexibility on defining the output. The thought of having to
> use OpenOffice / Office or even Adobe Indesign to write text is daunting to
> me. It might work for small reports, but for longer works, I'd rather write
> it in plain text, and org just makes things easier.
>
> I don't know where to start though. I don't have much time, and I'd like to
> design a nice beautiful layout for the book. Where should I start looking?
> What combos work best ? (org + LaTeX, etc) Is there any place I could get
> some ready beautiful LaTeX layouts to study from that could be used from
> org?
>
> Sorry about the ignorance, I might even be using the wrong terms here, the
> issue is that there's way too much information spread around, and I don't
> know where to start.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marcelo.

My advice? Start writing in Org, and don't worry too much.

Org's latex output to PDF already looks good, and should you decide
later to update to a different page layout or template those settings
are normally global and set once for the whole document.

Its a case of focus on content, and make it pretty(ier) later. ;]

Thanks.

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