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Monday, March 8, 2010

XML editor

Serna Free Open Source XML editor is an easy-to-use open source visual XML application which requires virtually no technical experience from technical writers to author XML documents.
Serna Free Open Source XML editor hides all the complexities of the underlying XML technology and works on all major platforms - Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and Sun Solaris.

Serna Free XML editor employs XSLT and XSL-FO to render XML documents in print-like appearance for fast and easy authoring. Serna Free is probably the best free open source cross-platform XML editor for personal, educational or demonstration use.

http://www.syntext.com/

5 Free Online Books For Beginners

These books cover the "basic concepts for getting started with Linux, Firefox, Blender (3D graphics and animation), GIMP (graphics), and the OpenOffice suite of productivity applications."

http://ostatic.com/blog/5-free-online-open-source-books-for-beginners

iUniverse will help you publish your book

Professional Editing, Marketing & Publishing.

5 Open Source Apps For Authors And Writers

http://ostatic.com/blog/five-open-source-apps-for-writers-and-authors

Fast Pencil

Connect. Write. Publish. Sell. You can do that at Fast Pencil.

"All of our publishing packages include a free eBook, an ISBN, and distribution via the FastPencil Marketplace, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and over 32,000 online retail bookstores."

http://www.fastpencil.com

Can you turn your blog into a book

There are many programs out there to do this. And the price varies per program. One of the many ways to turn your blog into a book is to use blogbooker.

http://www.blogbooker.com/index.php

CreateSpace

CreateSpace is an amazon.com company.

Authors can sell their books, musicians can sell their CDs, and filmmakers can distribute their films or videos.

About CreateSpace

CreateSpace Logo"Through our services, you can sell books, CDs, and DVDs for a fraction of the cost of traditional manufacturing, while maintaining more control over your materials. We make it simple to distribute your books, music, and video through Internet retail outlets, your own website, and other bookstores, retailers, libraries, and academic institutions. Get started today!
CreateSpace is a DBA of On-Demand Publishing LLC, part of the Amazon group of companies.

History

We were originally founded as CustomFlix Labs, Inc. and BookSurge Inc.
CustomFlix launched in 2002 when four colleagues decided to make widespread distribution easier for independent filmmakers—they started CustomFlix, a DVD on-Demand company.
BookSurge was launched in 2000 by a small group of writers who wanted to create opportunities for authors to not only publish their work, but to also retain their content rights and sales profits. BookSurge grew to support leading publishers and independent authors, offering complete self-publishing, on-demand printing, and online distribution services.
In 2005, BookSurge and CustomFlix were both acquired by Amazon.com. CustomFlix’s name was changed to CreateSpace in 2007. In October of 2009, due to the harmonies that would be created in the businesses, the CreateSpace and BookSurge brands merged under the CreateSpace name to become the publishing and manufacturing on-demand leader for independent content creators, publishers, film studios, and music labels."

https://www.createspace.com/