Introduction to gbTeXpublisher

[albertomoyano]

Hello everyone,

I arrived at this page thanks to Sergio Santamaría from the University of José C. Paz (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

First, let me introduce myself:

I am Alberto Moyano, I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I own a small scientific publishing house (https://www.edicionesimagomundi.com/), with a strong focus on social sciences (History and Sociology), and I have been working with Linux and LaTeX since 1993. I am not a programmer; I have learned empirically. My studies are in proofreading and editing (UNLP), and I am also a graphic designer - I owned a printing press for over 15 years.

Now, I would like to inform you:

I adhere to the single-source publishing model and have been developing software for some time now (licensed under GPL3) - gbTeXpublisher (https://gitlab.com/alberto.alejandro.moyano/gbtexpublisher). It is designed with the logic of a publisher, not an author.

While the application is still in development, I use gbTeXpublisher daily for my production - the part that is already finished. In the following link (https://albertomoyano.github.io/blog-gbtexpublisher/post/gbtex/), there is an introductory article (it's a bit old, but it shows the main features of the application). In the same blog (https://albertomoyano.github.io/blog-gbtexpublisher/), there are more articles.

I have recently started venturing into the realm of academic journals; my main experience lies in books.

I'm leaving the link to 3 videos (actually, they are 3 parts of a whole) showing the application. They are in neutral Spanish, but I believe YouTube subtitles suffice for those who don't understand Spanish.

https://youtu.be/4ioxGeAwYYs

https://youtu.be/jo32YTo2o5o

https://youtu.be/TXegBONGJwU

I'm also leaving the link to download the files I used in the video.

https://gitlab.com/alberto.alejandro.moyano/CHARLAUBA

Development status in percentage of progress:

• PDF Generation (for screen and print): 100%
• ePub and Mobi Generation: 100%
• HTML5 Generation: 100%
• ODT and DOCX Generation: 100%
• XML Generation (in its different flavors): 50% in development
• Catalog Generation (PDF and HTML): 100%
• Metadata Injection: 70% in development
• Docx to LaTeX Converter: 100%
• Bibliographic References Management: 100%
• Acronyms and Glossaries Management: 100%
• Relationship Management for References: 100%
• Management of Duplicate References: 50% in development
• Export of References outside the project: 100%
• Ability to work with external scripts: 100%
• Additional Tools (annotator and checklist): 100%
• Local Work with SQLite: 100%
• Remote Work with MySQL: 0% in development
• Remote Management with GitLab: 100%

I hope, from my humble position, to contribute something and learn from the knowledge of other participants.

Regards