So hey, those are some good-looking books! who did your interior layout?
That’d be me. 😉
Large Print: Atticus. Straight-up Atticus. Flawless, no notes.
Ebook: Atticus, but I really wanted to add more space between my centered “attributions” at the top of the chapter and couldn’t figure out how to make it do it, so I edited the Atticus ebook in Sigil to add a blank line after each attribution. When my map came in, rather than do it again I used Sigil to add the map as well. I did websites for pay between 1995 and 2002 and the level of HTML and CSS in an epub is much simpler than that.
Paperback and Hardcover: Scribus. I know! I had Atticus right there, and it’s so much easier, but I control each individual line with Scribus. The downside being that I control each individual line with Scribus. 😉 That said, the only real difference between hardcover and paperback interior is the ISBN. I already had a template and a flow from my previous book and had customized it in advance. I also had to google how to do full bleed for my map. 😀 But I really wanted that extra space between my attribution header and my paragraph.
What do I recommend you use?
If you’re not a highly-technical control freak like me, to be honest I would likely use Atticus or Vellum. Especially if you’re easily frustrated by computers. But if you valorize and fondly recall your feats of geekery, you might enjoy the time you spend laying your book out in Scribus. I really like the way my Scribus layout looks. Also, if you are dirt-broke and feel like you can’t afford Atticus or Vellum, Scribus may be your pal. I think Atticus is cheap, but I have a day job in IT. Lots of people use InDesign but I think it’s too expensive for me and how often I use it.
All three books are cat-approved, so clearly I made the right choices. 😉
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