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Since you mention typesetting: I am working on a volunteer project that is transcribing old, out of print books from the 1700s through early 1900s (all public d
by mikece 7y ago
Since you mention typesetting: I am working on a volunteer project that is transcribing old, out of print books from the 1700s through early 1900s (all public domain). For now the plan is simply to make them available online formatted for web, e-readers, and PDF, but thought is being given to formatting for print-on-demand. We've never done the latter so we have no idea what tools would be best for that: is there a good reference for free tools/software for doing page layout for physical books?
- jkepler 7y agoLaTeX or TeX would be excellent choices if you want good typographic control, though there's a significant learning curve if you're going to produce beautiful books. Check out https://www.ctan.org https://www.ctan.org to start learning more. They have lots of book publishing resources: https://www.ctan.org/topic/book-pub https://www.ctan.org/topic/book-pub
- photojosh 7y agoAny connection to https://standardebooks.org/contribute/ https://standardebooks.org/contribute/ or if not, are you online yet? Wouldn't mind having a look. (And also interested in the print typesetting question.)
- abhgh 7y agoIf you want to begin with what your outcomes could look like if you use TeX and friends, as suggested by jkepler, see here - [1]. [1] https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1319/showcase-of-beautiful-typography-done-in-tex-friends https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1319/showcase-of-bea...
- bingerman 7y agoContext would be a convenient tool for the job. You can create pdf, xml, and epub from the same source. You get the power of Tex but producing modern looking stuff is IMO much easier than with Latex. I personally usually use Latex for short articles and Context for books.