I owned and managed a small software development company for nearly 25 years. We produced many creative educational and consumer products for large publishers. We had neither time nor money to research every innovative routine we developed for possible infringement. Nor did we have money to apply for patents or defend them if they were granted.
As we've seen, software patents stifle creativity and innovation; reward those with money rather than creative energy and ideas.
Buy block ISBN numbers from Bowkers if you want to sell through commercial channels.
Use Lyx to typeset.
Design or have a designer design covers.
Run to Createspace. Pro Plan costs $35.00/year. You buy proof copies (Proofs of my 200 page novel, Freein' Pancho, cost $3.85 plus shipping), when you release, they place in Amazon, Ingrams and other distributors.
You market (hardest part).
Question:
Does the virtual keyboard provide all keys necessary to program bash shell scripts and edit Vim files— such as Ctrl+C and ESC, etc.
Thanks again, LRP