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Subject:    Re: users book about KOffice
From:       Raphael Langerhorst <raphael-langerhorst () gmx ! at>
Date:       2004-01-31 17:09:38
Message-ID: 200401311741.23654.raphael-langerhorst () gmx ! at
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Hi Thomas,

thanks a lot for the hints! I also just printed the FDL out and will have a
close look at it (tomorrow?). Working things out with the publisher early 
enough is surely a good thing to do.

greetings,
Raphael

On Saturday 31 January 2004 12:41, Thomas Zander wrote:
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> On Saturday 31 January 2004 11:34, Raphael Langerhorst wrote:
> > I think the most important points for and against writing a book are
> > discussed (I want to avoid endless exhausting discussions, I don't have
> > the time for it). So I would like to get soon to the state where we can
> > tell whether to write a user book or not.
>
> Some things from my experience with publishers (mostly school books, but I
> doubt there is much difference).
>
> Its a very good idea to get together with a publisher and create a TOC.
> Many publishers will even go so far as to define the number of pages/words
> for each chapter.
> If you fail to do that; and go with a fully-written-book to a publisher, I
> can guarentee you will be dissapointed with the amount of changes you need.
>
> Read and re-read: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html
>
> Create one KWord document per chapter, makes it a _lot_ easier to work
> together on these things.
>
> Search the archives on how to include images externally (not inside the
> .kwd file).  This allows you to change the images easier, but also allows
> you to use low-res images while writing.
>
> Good luck!
> - --
> Thomas Zander
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