[decebalus1]

I never wrote a book, but I wrote my dissertations (100+ pages each), resumes or any other article in Latex, using Miktex. It wasn't the best experience UI-wise and until I learned proper Latex (which I now have forgotten) the error messages were shit. But the build times with quick builds and splitting stuff in chapters was actually a great experience for me. Maybe it's 'rosy retrospection' or I've been out of the loop with the current happenings in typesetting but if tomorrow I need to start writing a technical book, I'd still pick Latex.