Just Lorem Ipsum is a demonstration book for self-publishing with open-source software. It is one hundred pages of lorem ipsum, basically ten chapters of faux Latin filler text. To produce the book I used Scribus, an open source desktop publishing… Continue Reading
The cover for Just Lorem Ipsum, my Linux demonstration book, is finished. I used the free and open-source program Scribus to prepare the PDF. Read all about it!
What do you do for young writers? Give them a copy of The Elements of Style by Strunk and White, of course! This quote, one of my favorites from Dorothy Parker, gives a little more advice…
Here is the first draft of the cover of my open-source demonstration book, Just Lorem Ipsum. The book has been the subject of previous posts (Just Lorem Ipsum and Just Lorem Ipsum – Scribus Template). The cover was produced using… Continue Reading
I am preparing Just Lorem Ipsum as a demonstration of the use of open-source software for book production. The interior of the book was produced with Scribus using free fonts. The text of the book is largely Lorem Ipsum placeholder… Continue Reading
Self-publishing authors can save a lot of up-front investment by taking a do-it-yourself approach to book publication. Free and open-source programs such as LibreOffice (office suite) and Scribus (desktop publishing) can be a big help. I have developed some book… Continue Reading
I present my latest LibreOffice template: Romance! This template uses the Honey Script font by Dieter Steffmann to give the book a breezy look that is compatible with romance or romantic fantasy novels. The template file uses free fonts and… Continue Reading
My new book, “Just Lorem Ipsum” is a demonstration of the use of open-source software for book production. The idea is to use open source software, free fonts and self-produced graphics for the book. Since this is an exercise, I… Continue Reading
You’ve just finished your soon-to-be-best-selling novel and now you need to produce the interior of your novel in PDF format so you can ship it off to Amazon and become famous, not to mention, rich. You can pay someone large… Continue Reading
If you are self-publishing, one of your tasks is to design the interior of your book. You can use your word processor, but that often leads to a shoddy job (see Book Interior Design: Tips to Avoid the Amateur Look).… Continue Reading