New Members ⇒ Hi!

[mike1264]

The sun is shining, my book is almost finished, and I use Lyx / Latex. Life is good! So, I thought I'd drop by and say hello. I live in Liverpool, in the UK. We call it 'The Pool'. I am an author. I have published factual, historical books as well as novels (detective stuff mainly). I also write for the radio and television - drama. I first discovered Lyx/Latex some time ago. Then I was seduced by Adobe Indesign but, hey, we all make mistakes right?! My sojourn into the Adobe world was painful, and it led to a learning experience for yours truly. The lesson was simple: Don't publish anything unless it has been typeset properly. Which brings me to my link-up with Lyx/Latex. Now, I have no difficulties with typesetting and, my publishers are smiling. But, maybe that's more to do with the money they make out of a poor writer like me. Anyway, I really do like Lyx and I certainly like Latex. Together, they've made life a lot easier for me. So, that's a little about me. I hope we can become better acquainted. I am now learning Latex and hope, one day, to be able to write a whole document to the standard that Lyx offers me.
Bye for now,
Mike

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Mike,

welcome to the forum!

The lesson was simple: Don't publish anything unless it has been typeset properly.

I had to learn the same lesson. I wrote a LaTeX book, but the publisher used Adobe Indesign. And he did it even in a poor way, embedding my PDF graphics as bitmaps in poor resolution. The contract with the publisher did not allow me to stop that after they did not listen to me.

Stefan

[cgnieder]

The sun is shining, my book is almost finished, and I use Lyx / Latex. Life is good! So, I thought I'd drop by and say hello.

Hi Mike and welcome to the LaTeX community.

Regards