Latex definitely could make a great book. It has all the neat tricks that the writer of a book can dream and will be extremely pleasant to read, but unless you

Latex definitely could make a great book. It has all the neat tricks that the writer of a book can dream and will be extremely pleasant to read, but unless you know it yet, you probably could want to ask the help from an expert on the language. You can use calibre to convert the pdf to epub later > There is an extensive cross reference and table of contents that I have no idea how to deal with Yep, definitely sounds like a job for Tex and friends, born for managing complex cross references and extensive bibliographies. Unless the book is written in an exotically arranged language, Latex should be more than enough. You can include images on your book easily, annotate them, place arrows, draw over the figures or include hyperlinks to open an internet webpage.