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Ask HN: Best tool to write book to publish on Amazon/apple/eBook and print/POD
So i am writing a technical book. And i want to get it out to the most places i can. I would like to publish it online as an ebook and print using a Print on demand service.
I have been going through so many posts on HN and other places, but i can't get a easy answer.
The problem i am seeing is, if i use one tool. It will create a good ebook, but wont be good for a POD service, or amazon.
Can anyone recommend a single app for OSX that I can use that will output the final book for EPUB/PDF/MOBI and then can also be used for a Print on demand service.
Or if no single tool, maybe a easy process from a single point of writing/editing?
I was playing around with the OSX iBooks Author app which i like, but i am not sure how good that will be with a service to POD and amazon.
- acangiano 7y agoLeanPub or SoftCover should do more or less what you're looking for.
- dmitripopov 7y agoDisclaimer: I am the author of Helpinator - a single-source technical writing tool. It is for Windows, but some of my customers successfully use it on Mac via Parallels. It has EPUB/MOBI/PDF support. I recently added LeanPub support too, so now you can publish the same project on LeanPub too. Here's the blog post about it: https://www.helpinator.com/blog/2019/08/23/leanpub-tutorial-publishing-your-book-using-helpinator/ https://www.helpinator.com/blog/2019/08/23/leanpub-tutorial-... There's also a post by Davide Barranca depicting his experience on getting LeanPub book published paperback with LuLu: https://www.davidebarranca.com/2019/04/printing-leanpub-books-on-lulu/ https://www.davidebarranca.com/2019/04/printing-leanpub-book...
- ghettolabs 7y agoLeanPub +1
- PixelPaul 7y agoIndesign ended up being the best, and using ingramspark