self-publishing

Trail guide to self publish books.

After trailing it (as an housing architect), I'm mapping the best path I know to self publish a book.
It might be useful to others doing this lonely journey.

Choosing tools
My productivity system
Choosing a self publisher

Choosing tools

Markdown, Latex, MS Word, Indesign or Scrivener?

Markdown if you want to publish digitally.
Latex if you want to print it with maximum quality.
MS Word if you want to keep it simple (and unproductive).
Scrivener if you are writing a novel.
Indesign (or Scribus) if the design of your publication is crucial.

My productivity system

I write Markdown on a text editor. Then convert it to Word via Pandoc:
```
  pandoc myFile.md -f markdown_github -t docx -o myFile.docx
```
And finally I adjust style and publish it as PDF on MS Word.

Why?

A text editor is an 'order of magnitude' more productive than a word processor.
I can still print it with reasonable quality without learning Latex or Indesign.

Choosing a self publisher

Amazon to self publish paperbacks is the obvious choice.

To investigate

Pollen - A book is a (Racket Lisp) program.