[tug-consult] tug-consult Digest, Vol 16, Issue 1

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>    1. Toward a TeX Live book publishing scheme and website
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> From: "Lloyd R. Prentice" <lloyd at writersglen.com>
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> Subject: [tug-consult] Toward a TeX Live book publishing scheme and
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> Dear TeX consultant,
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> Help us reach out to more than 1.6 million self-publishers in need of your
> professional guidance.
>
> TUGboat editor Karl Berry and Marc Worrell, lead developer of the Zotonic
> CMS, and I are working to develop a TeX Live package scheme curated for
> self-publishers and a website to make it as easy as possible for
> self-publishers to style and typeset their books with LaTeX.
>
> Karl suggests that this list is the best place to get expert help in
> developing a list of must-have LaTeX packages for serious self-publishers
> and to identify best-of-the-best LaTeX tutorials and resources.
>
> I?ve listed below a first cut of candidate book styling packages to
> include in the scheme. No doubt there are many more dependencies and
> utility packages that warrant inclusion.
>
> Please help us flesh out the list with the can?t-do-without book styling
> packages in your toolkit.
>
> Naive selection criteria: Packages that are as easy as possible for
> self-publishers to understand and use. E.g., Given existing documentation,
> can a TeX-naive self-publisher use this package to style a book?fiction,
> nonfiction, technical, academic?
>
> That?s quite subjective. So we much need your professional experience to
> identify any and all packages that deserve inclusion. And if documentation
> is a problem, perhaps you can help us with tat.
>
> We also invite your thoughts and suggestions re content and presentation
> of the website. Submission of how-tos and tutorials would be much
> welcome?an excellent vehicle to promote your consulting practice.
>
> Our hope is that the TeX Live-based book publishing scheme plus clear and
> simple installation instructions will make it easier and faster to install
> TeX Live while reducing disk footprint. We further hope that tutorials and
> resource links in the website will make LaTeX a more attractive typesetting
> option for self-publishers.
>
> We will, of course, include consultants listings in the resource section.
>
> Bowkers tells us that 1,677,781 ISBNs were assigned to self-published
> titles in 2018. That?s up 461,438 ISBNs in 2013. And that?s in the U.S.
> alone. Yes, a large percentage of these books were ebooks. But still?
>
>
> https://www.bowker.com/siteassets/files/pdf-files/bowker-selfpublishing-report-2019.pdf
>
> How many of these books were typeset with LaTeX? Fair guess, very few.
> Why? Safe bet? too little understanding of the benefits of LaTeX and too
> few noobie how-tos and tutorials explicitly written to help self-publishers
> publish better books.
>
> Our hope is that we can bring new blood and enthusiasm into the LaTeX
> community. With your help, perhaps we can.
>
> All the best,
>
> Lloyd R. Prentice
>
> Primary packages
>
> Package beaulivre
> Write your books in a colorful way
> https://ctan.org/pkg/beaulivre
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> Package book
> A class for typesetting books
> https://ctan.org/pkg/book
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> Package elegantbook
> An Elegant LATEX Template for Books
> https://ctan.org/pkg/elegantbook
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> Package koma-script
> A bundle of versatile classes and packages
> https://ctan.org/pkg/koma-script
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> Package memoir
> Typeset fiction, non-fiction and mathematical books
> https://ctan.org/pkg/memoir
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> Package novel
> Class for printing fiction, such as novels
> https://ctan.org/pkg/novel
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> Package octavo
> Typeset books following classical design and layout
> https://ctan.org/pkg/octavo
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> Package scrbook
> Koma-Script ?book? class
> https://ctan.org/pkg/scrbook
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> Package simplivre
> Write your books in a simple and clear way
> https://ctan.org/pkg/simplivre
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> Package tufte-latex
> Document classes inspired by the work of Edward Tufte
> Last modified in Catalogue: 2018-04-05 06:35
> https://ctan.org/pkg/tufte-latex
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> Package willowtreebook
> Easy basic book class, built on memoir
> https://ctan.org/pkg/willowbook
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> Package zztex
> A full-featured TEX macro package for producing books, journals, and
> manuals
> https://ctan.org/pkg/zztex
>
> Dependencies?
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> Utilities?
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> lualatex
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> latexmk
> Fully automated LATEX document generation
> https://ctan.org/latexmk
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> Non English packages?
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> Publisher-sponsored packages?
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