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What are the best tools to create an e-book?

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Best tools to create an e-book	Price	Platforms	License
-- Calibre	Free	Windows, MacOS, Linux	GPL-3.0-only
-- Scrivener 3	$23.99/$59.99	MacOS, Windows, iOS	Proprietary
-- Manuskript	Free	Windows, Linux, Mac	-
-- Quoll Writer	FREE	Windows	-
-- Vellum	$199.99/$249.99	macOS	Proprietary

Calibre

Specs

Platforms:Windows, MacOS, Linux

License:GPL-3.0-only

Scrivener 3

Specs

Platforms:MacOS, Windows, iOS

License:Proprietary

Export:PDF, ePub, HTML, Plain Text

Preview:Live Preview

Manuskript

Top Pro

Free and open source

Manuskript is totally free, and the software is accessible which means anybody can make changes to it if they wish . This means that there are likely plugins and/or add-ons to allow you to do whatever you want with the program. See More

Top Con

Not easy to get dictionaries

People not using English will struggle to find other dictionaries that work. There is not an easy download present. See More

RickZeeland's Experience

Free and open-source novel writing and idea organizing application written in Python3 and PyQt5. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac

Languages:Python

Top Pro

MarkDown support

Top Pro

Internal reference system to keep track of everything

Top Pro

Many export formats

Using pandoc, one can export to: HTML, PDF, ePub, DocX, ODT, LaTeX, etc. See More

Top Pro

Cross platform

Available on Mac, Windows, and Linux. See More

Vellum

Specs

Platforms:macOS

License:Proprietary

Atticus

Specs

Platforms:Windows, macOS, ChromeOS, Android, iOS

License:Proprietary

Languages:JavaScript, HTML, CSS

Exports:ePub 2/3, PDF, DOCX (MS Word)

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