On Wed, 9 May 2007, Steve Litt wrote:
Interesting article: How to Spot a Word Processed Book
What jumps out at me when I look at a processed word book is the uneven spacing between words on each line. The interletter and interword spacing on a typeset page is much more subtle and the white space doesn't jump off the page as a distraction. Of interest, perhaps, in light of the referenced web page is that O'Reilly & Associates insist that their authors submit copy in MS Word format. Considering the support ORA provides to the open source community, and the prevalent use of TeX/LaTeX/LyX among linux users and writers, that publisher won't accept camera-ready, typeset copy. A good friend of mine was frustrated tremendously at having to re-do her book in OO.o to save it as a .doc file. When I wrote Tim O'Reilly to ask why they have that policy he never responded. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | The Environmental Permitting Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | Accelerator(TM) <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863
