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I built a Git-tracked book production pipeline

djspeckhals.com published 2026-05-229 min read

How a software developer bypassed proprietary publishing silos using LibreOffice, Standard Ebooks, and LaTeX to build a sustainable, Git-tracked book production pipeline.

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