Is it microsoft word or publisher or something else. I am thinking about writing an book on wireless communications for electrical engineers but need help in choosing the right software.

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The best in terms of price/performance has got to be LaTeX. It's free and is widely used to write lots of scientific papers and books. If you have a Linux system, you have it already. On Windows there are several free distributions. I use MikTex. If you have only used WYSIWYG systems like Word, getting started with LaTeX may be a culture shock, but stick with it. There are plenty of tutorials on the Web.

Are you using Windows or Mac? Microsoft Word™ is the market leader on the Windows platform and most publishers accepts only Word documents. But as the length of your book grows you'll soon find it very difficult to manage the structure of it and hard to navigate between chapters. If you are on Mac you are lucky because you have Scrivener (www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.html) to choose, while it has many features that make writing books easier, handling long document is one of its major strengths. If you are on Windows, you can check Writing Outliner at http://WritingOutliner.com, it's our product, a Word addin for writers, the goal of the project is to turn Microsoft Word™ into a versatile writing tool.

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