Re: Book writing mode?

[Kai Grossjohann]

gebser@speakeasy.net writes:

> Again, I'll repeat, it depends upon what the particular editor or agent
> will accept.  I've been writing and publishing on and off since the '70s
> and both in the US and in Germany and have *never* encountered an editor
> who requested I submit my work in latex.

Requesting LaTeX submissions and accepting LaTeX submissions are two
different things.  Lee Sau Dan said that many publishers accept LaTeX
submissions.

> Would you agree that it's best to submit in a form which the editor
> or agent wants?

This goes without saying.  However, if somebody tells you that they
accept submissions in Word, it doesn't hurt to ask whether they also
accept submissions in LaTeX.

Kai