RE: publish music book

[Christopher Brooks]

I used lilypond for my book, just published
(https://www.createspace.com/4101334).

I did find it difficult to use, but flexible, with beautiful results. 

The main problem that I had was getting the results into pdf through Word
with the resolution reasonably intact. 

This is the procedure that I finally came up with:

1. Open pdf file in Fox Reader (Tools/Preferences/General check Use fixed
resolution for snapshots and set to 300 dpi.)
2. In Word: Picture Tools/Format/Compress Pictures/Options, uncheck
Automatically perform basic compression on save and set Target output ot 200
ppi.
3. Paste into Word.
4. Print pdf, make printer setting is on high quality.

Christopher Brooks
violinist
925 Virginia Avenue
Lancaster, PA 17603
717-291-9123
address@hidden

-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Jim Tisdall
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 3:18 PM
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Subject: publish music book

I'm preparing a book for publication.

My book incorporates many short examples and a fair amount of text.  I am
developing a web site so that readers can  be presented with customized
exercises and hear midi playback.  The complete exercises will be only
available on the web.  I've got a couple publishers interested (I've
published books before).

Lilypond has several methods to combine text and examples.
One is lilypond-book, but due to the many examples in my chapters, I find
that is too slow, so I'm deciding on other ways to include the graphics.  No
problem since everything is made possible, especially for a programmer.
Probably some combo of lilypond with make.

If you've been down this road, providing a book that incorporates lilypond
typesetting to a publisher, I'd be very grateful to hear about your
experience and advice on successful practices as well as pitfalls; and in
past experience, which publishers accept/dislike lilypond and may prefer
other formats for submissions.

Peace,
Jim

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