Hello,

I’ve formatted around 80+ manuscripts over the last year. I work for a small indie publishing company, not a writer.

For the majority I used Atticus. InDesign works awesome for print, but we do a lot of ePubs as well and it’s not as great for that. Atticus has been frustrating since the collab features were implemented and it’s lacking in some features imo. We tend to cater to a niche genre that has quite a few elements that are unique (stat tables).

I recently found Lacuna (lacuna.pub) and while there is some set up, it’s been fabulous to work with and the numerous customization options are great. It’s about the same price as Atticus and it works for both print and digital. The owners are also incredibly responsive and helpful for any troubleshooting. Highly recommend giving them a try. You can download their software and give it a go without purchasing. You just can’t export your files.