What computer programs to put a book together?

Adobe InDesign or MS Publisher.

alleycat said:

Adobe InDesign

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Yep, thats probably your best option, although if you have no experience of using the software, then I would suggest...hmm I can't think of anything now, darn.

EDIT: You could also check out Blurb, it has free book making software that you download, although you have to print through them with it. http://www.blurb.com/

There is another site that does this aswell, better in fact I think but I cannot remember the name, maybe someone else can.

Kyle said:

would this one work?
"Adobe InDesign CS4" not sure what the cs4 is for. but is that right?

micro one seems a bit more $ is there any difference in quality? i dont mind a bit of a learning curve, but i do mind quality sacrifice

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CS4 is just the version number, CS4 is the latest.

If you are serious about purchasing InDesign, I'd recommend downloading the trial first, to get a feel for it.

I seriously layout all of my books in Microsoft Word and then convert them to pdf using primopdf (a freeware pdf converter).

But if you're writing your first book, I think you should be mostly concerned with actually getting the first draft written. And expect that, with a first effort, you will have to rewrite it into the ground before it's ever good enough to be published. Laying it out is the least of your problems.

My first book is buried on my hard drive. And no one is allowed to see it, because it is seriously, seriously awful.