Ask HN: Best tool to write book to publish on Amazon/apple/eBook and print/POD

8 pointsPixelPaul6y ago4 comments

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.

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dmitripopov6y ago

Disclaimer: 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-...

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-book...

PixelPaulOP6y ago

Indesign ended up being the best, and using ingramspark

acangiano6y ago

LeanPub or SoftCover should do more or less what you're looking for.

ghettolabs6y ago

LeanPub +1

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