About Sharon Pettis Expertise I can answer questions ranging from basic to advanced functionality of the program and some plug-ins (how to) for both the PC and Mac. Also able to answer questions regarding setting up publications for commercial printing and the commercial printing process in general. Not as strong on electronic publication questions, but still have general knowledge.
Experience Worked with Pagemaker since it belonged to Aldus back in the late nineties. Over 5 years experience in publishing, including troubleshooting Pagemaker files for a large commercial printing company and customer training.
Question Dear Ms. Pettis,
I am considering printing up some of my unpublished works and selling them myself online. My question is which is the best software to create or turn these manuscripts into your average everyday book? I have seen a lot of programs at various computer stores so what should I look for and at the best value.
Thanks for your time.
Regards,
Dr. John Cary (sounds like the candidate's name)
Answer Dr. Cary:
If I were you, I would use any software you want, and then create PDFs with Adobe Acrobat and sell them online that way. Your customers can download Adobe Reader software (for PDFs) for free if they don't have it already through a link on your site.
Pagemaker is a good program for books, and there are many others on the market like MS Word, InDesign, or Quark Xpress. Word is definitely the cheapest, but you would also need a PDF creator, which will be at least $100 additional.
