I Bypassed Adobe and Microsoft to Build a Git-Tracked Book Production Pipeline
Summary
The author describes bypassing proprietary publishing tools in favor of an open-source, Git-tracked book production pipeline using LibreOffice, Standard Ebooks, LaTeX, Calibre, and related tooling. The piece covers converting Word documents to open formats, generating EPUBs and PDFs, and maintaining a reproducible, version-controlled workflow, highlighting the benefits and trade-offs of an entirely open-source publishing stack.