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Q&A On using InDesign or Scribus

My book editor says that we need to professionally reflow the text with Adobe InDesign software (not just in a word processor). She asks $350 for the job, which seems like too much money. Do I ass...

1 answer  ·  posted 10y ago by porton‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:59:33Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/15986
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar porton‭ · 2019-12-08T03:59:33Z (almost 5 years ago)
My book editor says that we need to professionally reflow the text with Adobe InDesign software (not just in a word processor). She asks $350 for the job, which seems like too much money.

Do I assume correctly, that after me inserting non-breaking spaces where needed I can just allow the software (Scribus) to do the task?

Does this really need a work of a professional editor? Will it be OK if I do it myself with Scribus instead of using InDesign?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2015-01-24T15:34:30Z (almost 10 years ago)
Original score: 4