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For those who do write novels, books etc. What software do you use? What format? FOSS or proprietary?

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[–] poopsmith@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't write books but I've helped written a couple textbooks which used LaTeX. I personally use TeXstudio, but there's many clients out there. If you appreciate beautiful typesetting, you'll likely enjoy TeX despite its learning curve.

[–] nl_the_shadow@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

+1 for LaTeX. Did my PhD dissertation in it, wouldn't have wanted it any other way. I prefer Visual Studio Code with a couple of plugins as an editor.