
My method in trying out Affinity Publisher was to go through Book Design Made Simple and see whether I could accomplish all the book design and typesetting tasks we give you in the book.Īnd does Publisher have any extra features that might be useful to a book designer? Yes, definitely. Photo and Designer can also now be used on iPads, so check back on Publisher to see when the iPad version becomes available.

The Affinity Publisher app is for desktop use on PCs and Macs. We both bought the Affinity software for desktop, and I must say that for the most part, we love it. a one-time total of $150 for the full line of Serif’s products: Publisher, Photo, and Designer (all at half price until May 20). Why, you might ask, is the coauthor of a book about InDesign reviewing a direct competitor, Affinity Publisher?īecause it’s new and I wanted to check it out.Īnd because it’s so much more affordable than Adobe’s Creative Cloud: $600 a year for the Adobe suite vs.
