For those of you who've always dreamed of writing a book but didn't know where to start, you've found the easiest method to take that book from dream to reality. From brainstorming to writing to production, publishing and promotion, 11 Simple Steps can help you become a full-fledged author, all without shelling out thousands of dollars.
In 11 Simple Steps, the publishing process has been broken down into easy-to-read-and-accomplish chunks that will help you complete a variety of tasks, including overcoming writer's block, finishing that book & cover, choosing the right printing company for you, creating multiple forms of digital book versions, building a website, getting booked on radio programs, finding book reviewers to promote your book for you, and innovative ways to turn one book into a full product line for multiple streams of income, all without driving you crazy. . . . The 11 Steps are simpler that you'd think. Quit dreaming about becoming an author and become one

Packed with fully explained examples, LaTeX Beginner's Guide is a hands-on introduction quickly leading a novice user to professional-quality results. If you are about to write mathematical or scientific papers, seminar handouts, or even plan to write a thesis, then this book offers you a fast-paced and practical introduction. Particularly during studying in school and university you will benefit much, as a mathematician or physicist as well as an engineer or a humanist. Everybody with high expectations who plans to write a paper or a book will be delighted by this stable software.

In "From InDesign CS 5.5 to EPUB and Kindle" acclaimed computer book author, Elizabeth Castro, explains how to take advantage of the latest version of Adobe InDesign to efficiently create both print and ebook versions of books in the same workflow. Using the instructions in this book, you'll be able to create ebooks for almost all ereaders, including the Kindle for Amazon and EPUB-compatible ereaders like iBooks for iPad/iPhone/iPod touch, Kobo, Barnes & Noble NOOK, Sony Reader and more.

This book is a step by step guide packed with interesting examples and screenshots that cover lot of support options to help you achieve the superior quality documents.This books is divided into 11 chapters, each chapter dealing with a precise aspect of the software to help you have the best overview and make the best design choices for your document. This book is for people who want to create professional-looking documents with Scribus. If you want a great looking brochure, newsletter, or poster, this is the book for you. No experience of desktop publishing software is required - only creativity and enthusiasm for creating great documents!

Learn how to automate Adobe InDesign CS5 and CS5.5 with AppleScript. Book resources include ready-to-use scripts, and library of handlers (prewritten snippets) to get you up and using scripts in no time. Work smarter, not harder.

InDesign is now regarded as the industry standard in desktop publishing and is very widely used by publishing professionals and non-specialists alike. Many users have a pressing need for automation of their workflows but have been reluctant to get started because of the lack of a simple internal mechanism for recording steps, like Photoshop and Illustrator actions. Instead InDesign relies on scripting which, for many InDesign users, may seem a little too much like hard work. In fact, InDesign comes with all the tools necessary for creating scripts and scripting is not that difficult-it can even be fun

This book is aimed at the general user and provides an introduction to scripting InDesign, using JavaScript to create simple cross-platform solutions. Learn proactively through step-by-step tutorials on creating JavaScript solutions: the "Try it for yourself " approach allows you to learn how scripts are put together by actually writing them. Create scripts that manipulate text and images, build documents automatically and output them as interactive PDFs. Become familiar with the InDesign object model: as you work through the tutorials, you will make repeated use of the essential syntax for manipulating InDesign objects such as documents, master spreads, pages, text frames, graphics and preferences. Create user interfaces to make your scripts more flexible and user-friendly. Rather than just writing scripts which always perform the same steps, you will learn to use ScriptUI dialog windows to provide users with the ability to make choices that determine what the script will do.

Please note that this edition does not cover the use of XML in InDesign workflows. This topic is addressed in the longer version of this book: "InDesign CS5 Automation using XML and JavaScript," ISBN 978-1460915387.

ENABLE YOUR INDIE With this three-pack publishing kit from Free Press Publications. Three speed-guides and workbooks in one: "Out Standing in the Field" the Indie Author's Kindle and E-book Publishing Shortcut, with easy tips for publishing your e-books and Kindle books without a hassle; "Underworked & Overpaid, the Indie Freedom Guide" with tips for marketing your titles without spending a dime; and "Quik Tips for Paperbacks" for easily formatting your manuscripts into quality paperback editions you can sell anywhere, including on Amazon. (Please note that the Kindle edition linked here is "Out Standing in the Field" the e-book and Kindle publishing shortcut - Only our paperback edition.contains all three publishing guides in one complete volume.)

A designer in New York creates a beautiful design but when she prints it the colors become muddy. An art director in Seattle sends a file to the print shop, and they call him to say the job won't print. The editor of a college paper can't figure out why all the pictures in the paper are jagged. And a freelance designer is Chicago needs to bid on her first print job. Linescreen, DPI, CMYK, RIPs, bleeds, spots, and spreads: Why didn't they teach this stuff in design school? Sandee Cohen comes to the rescue, whether you're producing your first newsletter or you're an experienced graphic designer who needs to come up to speed on professional-level printing. She'll tell you how to make your desktop printer behave, and will take the mystery out of dealing with print providers. You'll learn all the necessary techniques, the terminology, and the rules of printing (and when you can break them). It's like having your own production manager standing over your shoulder. The copious information in From Design Into Print will have your designs looking as stunning in print as they do on your monitor. This book will help you: Choose the right desktop printer for your needs Finally understand resolution Get the results you want from page-layout and image-editing applications Find the best stock images Know what to expect when RGB colors convert to CMYK Figure out your fonts Preflight your work Sound smart when talking to a print shop

"Even though conventional wisdom suggests otherwise, creative people can copy other people's work and it is legal. How is this possible? By using the vast pool of creative works that fall into a category called Public Domain. This book shows how the author has built a public domain publishing company on a shoestring, how he has used his company to publish his own writing and how he optimizes his relationships with other publishing entities like Create Space, Lightning Source and Amazon. This Second, Updated Edition contains know-how on eBook publishing for the Kindle, Nook and Apple's iPhone and iPad devices."

More than an instruction manual, this book holds the key to increased productivity and profitability when working with Adobe InDesign CS4. Whether you learn to write your own scripts or just take advantage of the book's many resources, you can enjoy the benefits of scripting. The code introduced in the book is designed to help you organize workflow, automate otherwise tedious processes, and tackle real world automation problems. Along the way you will learn automation tricks that can help you with your daily work load. Download the files from the book's support site and start working smarter today.

DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide (Fourth Edition) by Bob Stayton is the definitive guide to using the DocBook XSL stylesheets. It provides the missing documentation to realize the full potential of DocBook publishing. It covers all aspects of DocBook publishing tools, including installing, using, and customizing the stylesheets and processing tools. With this book, you can: (a) select the DocBook components that are appropriate for your needs and budget, (b) set up and configure the tools for efficient processing of your documents, (c) generate HTML and print output from the same DocBook files, (d) customize your HTML and print output (e) discover and use advanced features of the DocBook stylesheets. The book is suitable for new users just getting started, as well as more advanced users needing a complete reference. It is thoroughly indexed and cross referenced so you can quickly find what you need. The Fourth Edition updates the content to the latest stylesheets and DocBook version 5.

A book for the interface workers. Dust or Magic was primarily written for the young, talented people whose creative instincts are kindled by computers and live to create 'good stuff', but who are systematically betrayed by the managerial types in suits who hire them, set them absurd tasks, and sack them when their half-baked schemes go belly-up. It is also for people who simply want to know how human creativity fares in the digital age. Originally published by Addison-Wesley (under the title 'Dust or Magic, Secrets of successful multimedia design') this book is, in part, a 'secret history' of computers: a history told from the vantage point of the people who did the work. We have insiders' accounts of a range of influential products and projects, many of which were in danger of being forgotten. The scene is illuminated by recent insights into creativity and well-being from the fields of psychology and neuroscience, as well as tried-and-tested, practical strategies for workplace survival from other industries. The author, Bob Hughes, has been a 'creative' for most of his working life: first a calligrapher, then an advertising artist and copywriter before discovering computers in the mid-1980s. He now teaches at Oxford Brookes University on the MA in Interactive Media Publishing, and researches and writes about the wider impact of electronics and computers in workplaces world-wide. He also campaigns on behalf of migrants, refugees and all precarious workers. "What you are doing is stripping away the corporate bullshit from this 'revolution' - its ours not theirs. Reclaim the pixels " - Chris McEvoy (Creator of 'Usability Must Die' www.usabilitymustdie.com). "There are many books explaining why software projects go sour; this one breaks the mold by showing how they come good." - Malcolm Cook (Senior Lecturer in Human Factors, University of Abertay) "It was incredibly engrossing. I expected to skim through it, and found myself reading it avidly, putting aside all the other work I should have been doing... It rang so true about so many things about the process of creating the virtual world we spend so much time in that I'm dying to share it with others who also create for it, or want to." - Aleen Stein (co-founder of the Voyager Company and CEO of Organa inc. www.organa.com). More information on www.idhub.com/magic

Create visually-compelling documents with ease using PageMaker Plus. In addition to full explanation of the latest features--old and new--of this useful application, this guide contains more than a dozen tutorial projects throughout the book, to help you learn by doing.

This new text from our BASICS series provides introductory coverage of many desktop publishing topics, including working with, enhancing, and formatting documents. Additionally, there is coverage of the use of graphics and design concepts. An excellent foundation for any curriculum on desktop publishing. An excellent basis for any curriculum on desktop publishing.

Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Acrobat 5 in 24 Hours shows students how to effectively create, manage, and use PDF files to improve productivity. Going beyond the "how-to" involved with making and distributing PDF files, this book also explores when to use PDF files for collaboration on projects. Adobe Acrobat accommodates a wide range of users' different needs, and Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Acrobat 5 in 24 Hours clearly spells out the steps and settings necessary for each type of project.

Technology trainer and Web site designer James Pence clearly presents the Cascading Style Sheet essentials for programmers and Web designers, including structuring content for cross-browser presentation, building designs using selectors and declarations, and XML integration.

This authoritative user's guide and reference for the LaTeX computer typesetting system, written by the system's creator, has been revised to document features available in release LaTeX2e.

Build a strong foundation of typographic, page layout, and document-construction skills through the step-by-step lessons in this book. The real-world projects-ranging from a printed postcard with a QR code to an interactive Adobe PDF with form fields-are designed to guide novice Adobe InDesign users through the most fundamental features to the most powerful. Experienced InDesign users learn best practices and explore features that will rapidly become a designer's best friend, such as intelligent image placement and access to the Adobe Fonts library. The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe InDesign Classroom in a Book (R), the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program does-an official training series from Adobe, developed with the support of Adobe product experts. Adobe InDesign Classroom in a Book (2022 release) contains 15 lessons that cover the basics and beyond, providing countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with the program. You can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest you. Purchasing this book includes valuable online extras. Follow the instructions in the book's "Getting Started" section to unlock access to: Downloadable lesson files you need to work through the projects in the book Web Edition containing the complete text of the book, interactive quizzes, and videos that walk you through the lessons step by step What you need to use this book: Adobe InDesign (2022 release) software, for either Windows or macOS. (Software not included.) Note: Classroom in a Book does not replace the documentation, support, updates, or any other benefits of being a registered owner of Adobe InDesign software.

Marco und Andreas OEchsner geben eine kompakte und beispielbasierende Einfuhrung in die Erstellung professioneller Textdokumente mittels LaTeX. Sie fuhren die wichtigsten Elemente eines wissenschaftlichen Dokumentes in einfacher und verstandlicher Weise ein und zeigen deren Umsetzung in der Makrosprache LaTeX. Ziel ist die Fokussierung auf die grundlegenden Befehle und deren Anwendung zur Gestaltung qualitativ hochwertiger Textlayouts. Hinweise zum Bezug und zur Installation von LaTeX vervollstandigen die Zusammenstellung.

The Complete Source Code and Program Listing for TeX Now, 35 years after the first edition, the leading worldwide experts on these systems have spent several months inspecting every page thoroughly. We now believe that every "i" has been properly dotted, every "t" has been properly crossed, and every bug has been properly exterminated. Donald E. Knuth, creator of the exciting TeX computer typesetting system, has made available in this volume the fully documented program listing for TeX. Readers who are already familiar with TeX and with its user's guide, The TeXbook, will find much of interest in the source code. Other readers interested in software development and in Knuth's programming style will find this a fascinating and instructive case study. Never before has a computer program of this size been spelled out so clearly and completely. Knuth presents all the algorithms and explains every detail of the TeX program, utilizing the WEB system of structured documentation that he developed as part of his TeX research project. TeX: The Program is the second in a five-volume series on Computers and Typesetting, all authored by Knuth. This series presents the results of nearly a decade of innovative research on the problems of preparing publications of high quality.

This critically-acclaimed interactive training program from Adobe Press offers exceptional quality high-definition video to teach the fundamentals of Adobe Indesign CC. Including more than 9 hours of video tutorials, the course comes complete with lesson files, assessment quizzes, and review materials. Experienced instructor Chad Chelius presents a comprehensive introduction to InDesign, including best practices as well as fundamental layout and document styling concepts. Topics covered include working with text, graphics, and objects. Chad explores InDesign in a real-world layout workflow that includes assembling books, creating alternate layouts, preflighting files, creating final output as PDFs or ePubs, and much more. The video is wrapped in a unique interface that allows you to jump to any topic and also bookmark individual sections for later review. The unique "Watch and Work" mode shrinks the video into a small window to allow you to work alongside in Adobe InDesign as you view the video. Project files used in the lessons are included on the disc so you can practice what you've learned. At the end of every lesson, you can test your knowledge by taking interactive quizzes. Duration: Over 9 hours User Level: Beginning/Intermediate Closed-Captioning in English System Requirements: Mac OS X 10.6, Microsoft Windows XP, or higher 2 GHz processor or higher 4 GB RAM or higher 1 GB free HD space (does not include lesson files) Please Note: * This DVD-ROM can be viewed only on your computer. It will not play in a DVD-Video player software or a DVD set-top player.