publisher or photoshop

I use photoshop, just because the design limitations are practically nonexistant. You can do anything with it. I use a lot of layering, color and textures in my layouts, so it is vital. If you are looking for something simpler, you might want to use publisher. It is a lot more user friendly when it comes to layouts.

Given that I can't work with photoshop, I made my book with Publisher. It's 130 pages with +300 photos and lots of text and it worked perfectly. Do keep in mind that if you work with Publisher, you have to make your file 3 times as big as the size of the book you've chosen. so when you work on an 8,5 to 8,5 book, add a few inches for cutting first and then multiplie by 3. save each publisher page as a jpg and upload each jpg as a full page. (I used font Verdana 26 and that sure is big enough to read).
Hope this helps :-)

It depends on what kind of layouts you want to do. A lot of people are using Photoshop Elements, and are getting some great looking results.

What will your book look like?

Which do you think is easier to work with for vio? Publisher or photoshop?