Based on our record, Affinity Publisher seems to be a lot more popular than Manuskript. While we know about 18 links to Affinity Publisher, we've tracked only 1 mention of Manuskript. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
You could technically make this in illustrator, but the actual program you’d need to be using for the whole thing is something like Adobe InDesign, or Affinity Publisher. Source: over 1 year ago
Affinity Publisher might be worth a look. Source: over 1 year ago
I use Affinity Publisher, as it is the direct competitor of Adobe InDesign. It's a one-time purchase and has all the features InDesign has for as far as I've used it so far. Only the spreadsheet handling is a little wierd. Fingers crossed they update that system. Source: almost 2 years ago
There's always Affinity Publisher. https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/publisher/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago
There are professional layout tools like Indesign or Affinity Publisher. The latter is very affordable and comes without a subscription. Source: almost 2 years ago
Looks like you want something that integrates well with your workflow. The closest to your description seems to be Manuskript although I haven't used it. But your requirement of "keeping notes and frameworks and linking back and forth" should be possible by stitching together existing Linux tools using a syntax like markdown or asciidoc so that you can use any text editor to write your story and use external tools... Source: over 2 years ago
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Microsoft Publisher - Microsoft Publisher is an entry-level desktop publishing solution.
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Adobe InDesign - Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing software application.
StoryMill - Developers and publishers of Mac, Win, and iOS productivity, home and office and writing software such as MacGourmet, Paperless and many more. Based in MN.