I self-published a paperback and eBook using LaTeX and Pandoc

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  • hypher

    A fast and small JavaScript hyphenation engine

  • yes, so as a general rule for any publishing scenario where hyphenation is important you have an automated solution, for example for a small company / single person you might set up something using https://github.com/bramstein/hypher or find a similar tool.

    Also this tends to be sort of overkill for what most people want so - as with most tech - gotta evaluate if it's worth the time and effort.

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    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • mdBook

    Create book from markdown files. Like Gitbook but implemented in Rust

  • I wish that would have been possible with mdBook too. Sadly, it can't even generate PDF or ePub[1][2]. Compared to gitbooks from which we switched to mdBook it's a significant downgrade.

    [1] https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/issues/815

    [2] https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook/issues/88

  • bookdown

    Authoring Books and Technical Documents with R Markdown

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