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Dickimaw Books
Primarily LaTeX resources, but also illustrated children's fiction and crime/SF by Nicola Talbot
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Ebook Sale July 2026
Ebook Sale July 2026. Cybercrime fiction short stories Unsocial Media (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1385217) and Smile for the Camera (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1550553) free; crime fiction short story The Briefcase (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1592780) free; short story noir crime fiction I’ve Heard the Mermaid Sing (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/374833)…
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New blog post: FlowframTk Descriptions and Tags
New blog post: FlowframTk Descriptions and Tags (https://www.dickimaw-books.com/blog/flowframtk-desc+tags).
New blog post: From JpgfDraw to FlowframTk: A Vector Graphics Application Inspired by Acorn’s !Draw
New blog post: From JpgfDraw to FlowframTk: A Vector Graphics Application Inspired by Acorn’s !Draw (https://www.dickimaw-books.com/blog/from-jpgfdraw-to-flowframtk).
Update: flowfram version 2.2
A new version of flowfram has been released (minor changes to flowframtkutils.sty).
Update: glossaries version 5.1
A new version of glossaries has been released.
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A new version of glossaries-extra has been released. (Integration with glossaries 5.1)
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Update: glossaries-extra (https://ctan.org/pkg/glossaries-extra) version 2.0 released.
Update: glossaries version 5.0
Update: glossaries (https://ctan.org/pkg/glossaries) version 5.0 released.
Read an Ebook Week Sale (1st to 7th March 2026)
Read an Ebook Week sale (1st – 7th March 2026): cybercrime fiction short stories Unsocial Media (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1385217) and Smile for the Camera (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1550553) free; crime fiction short story The Briefcase (https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1592780) free; short story noir crime fiction I’ve Heard the Mermaid Sing…
Update: flowfram version 2.1
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Update: datatool version 3.4.3
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New blog post: History of TeX on RISC OS
New blog post: History of TeX on RISC OS (https://www.dickimaw-books.com/blog/tex-on-risc-os-history).
Update: flowframtk version 0.8.9
Update: flowframtk (https://www.dickimaw-books.com/software/flowframtk) version 0.8.9 released (available from flowframtk release page on GitHub https://github.com/nlct/flowframtk/releases/tag/v0.8.9).
Update: flowfram version 2.0
Update: flowfram (https://ctan.org/pkg/flowfram) version 2.0 released. Major rewrite and new supplementary package flowframtkutils.sty for use with FlowframTk (https://www.dickimaw-books.com/software/flowframtk).
Update: flowframtk version 0.8.8
Update: flowframtk (https://www.dickimaw-books.com/software/flowframtk) version 0.8.8 released (available from flowframtk release page on GitHub https://github.com/nlct/flowframtk/releases/tag/v0.8.8).
Update: bib2gls version 4.7
A new version of bib2gls has been released (added --[no-]shift-zero-sections).
Update: glossaries version 4.9
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Update: glossaries version 4.8
Update: glossaries (https://ctan.org/pkg/glossaries) version 4.8 released. (Minor bug fix.)
New blog post: The Problem of Name Clashes and Lost Resources for Digital Historians (RISC OS ARMTeX)
New blog post: The Problem of Name Clashes and Lost Resources for Digital Historians (RISC OS ARMTeX) (https://www.dickimaw-books.com/blog/riscos-armtex).
Ebook Sale July 2025
Ebook Sale July 2025 (https://www.dickimaw-books.com/blog/summer-winter-ebook-sale-2025).
New blog post: Smile for the Camera Ambiguity
New blog post: Smile for the Camera Ambiguity (https://www.dickimaw-books.com/blog/smile-for-the-camera-ambiguity).
New blog post: Points of Departure
New blog post: Points of Departure (https://www.dickimaw-books.com/blog/points-of-departure).
Update: glossaries-extra version 1.7
Update: glossaries-extra (https://ctan.org/pkg/glossaries-extra) version 1.7 released (bug fix).
Update: glossaries version 4.7
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Update: bib2gls version 4.5
Update: bib2gls (https://ctan.org/pkg/bib2gls) version 4.5 released (bug fix).
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Update: datatool (https://ctan.org/pkg/datatool) version 3.4.1 released. (Bug fix in databib.sty.)
Update: glossaries version 4.6
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Update: glossaries-extra version 1.6
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Update: glossaries-extra (https://ctan.org/pkg/glossaries-extra) version 1.57 released. Minor bug fix and corrections to manual.
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Update: glossaries version 4.56
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