I've been formatting books for seven years now and have done hundreds of titles. Have a new book you want to self-publish, but just don't quite know how to prep your book files? We use Vellum for the Mac, and provide formatting for ePub (all formats) and pdf/print.

Best of all? It's just $100, changes included. Try it now:

https://www.otherworldsink.com/formatting/

#bookformatting #formatting #vellum #ebooks #paperbacks #otherworldsink #bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon

LibreOffice #Writer finally supports #Markdown, proving once again that it takes a #global #community several years to add a feature that a lone developer could whip up in a weekend. 😂 But hey, at least you can now write your poorly formatted documents faster! 🚀
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/04/libreoffice-26-2-is-here/ #LibreOffice #Support #Development #Document #Formatting #HackerNews #ngated
LibreOffice 26.2 is here: a faster, more polished office suite that you control - TDF Community Blog

We’re pleased to announce the release of LibreOffice 26.2, the newest version of the free and open source office suite trusted by millions of users around the world. This release makes it easier than ever for users to create, edit and share documents on their own terms. Designed for individuals and organizations alike, it continues to be a trusted alternative to proprietary office software. LibreOffice 26.2 is focused on improvements that make a difference in daily work and brings better performance, smoother interaction with complex documents and improved compatibility with files created in other office software. Whether you’re writing reports, managing spreadsheets, or preparing presentations, the experience feels more responsive and reliable. LibreOffice has always been about giving users control. LibreOffice 26.2 continues that tradition by strengthening support for open document standards, and ensuring long-term access to your files, without subscriptions, license restrictions, or data collection. Your documents stay yours – forever. Behind this release there is a global community of contributors. Developers, designers, translators, QA testers, and volunteers from around the world worked together to deliver hundreds of fixes and refinements. Their efforts result in a suite that not only adds features, but also improves quality, consistency, and stability,

TDF Community Blog

Oxfmt Beta, by @boshen.github.io and @dunqing.bsky.social and others:

https://oxc.rs/blog/2026-02-24-oxfmt-beta

#releasenotes #formatting #tooling

Oxfmt Beta

A collection of high-performance JavaScript tools written in Rust

Oxc

F-Strings vs String Interpolation: The ULTIMATE Battle!

Python's f-strings vs PHP's string interpolation - which language wins the formatting war? INSANE!

#php #python #phpvspython #fstrings #stringinterpolation #formatting #stringformatting #viralcoding #python3.6 #modernpython #syntaxcomparison #codingtricks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2gjUs2cuN8

F-Strings vs String Interpolation: The ULTIMATE Battle! #codingtricks

YouTube

I've been formatting books for seven years now and have done hundreds of titles. Have a new book you want to self-publish, but just don't quite know how to prep your book files? We use Vellum for the Mac, and provide formatting for ePub (all formats) and pdf/print.

Best of all? It's just $100, changes included. Try it now:

https://www.otherworldsink.com/formatting/

#bookformatting #formatting #vellum #ebooks #paperbacks #otherworldsink #bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon

#statstab #483 Summary of Mixed Models as HTML Table w/ {sjPlot}

Thoughts: Nobody like formatting tables, especially for complicated models. But you can easy make them with some R code.

#rstats #apa #table #formatting #paper #r

https://strengejacke.github.io/sjPlot/articles/tab_mixed.html

Summary of Mixed Models as HTML Table

I wish my server had the option for basic text formatting like italics and boldface. I hate having to use ALL CAPS or *asterisks* or _underscores_ for emphasis!

#Mastodon #Formatting

It's tragic that #AI has #colonized thoughtful #punctuation and #formatting so that now whenever we see a nicely #punctuated and #formatted piece of text, #doubt arises as to whether someone took the time to make it nice or whether it is #AIslop masquerading as fine #writing.

#enshittification

does it make more sense to have it all one page per topic or create seperate pages and then link to them ? #orgmode #documentation #formatting