Purpose of Scribus
Scribus is a Desktop Publishing application similar to Microsoft Publisher...
The Scribus application has the following features:
Numerous Image formats (including SVG) PDF Support Importing from OpenOffice.org Writer, MS Word, and HTML file formats
Documentation
Scribus Manual: http://www.flesbooks.com/scribus1.3manual/sample.pdf
Scribus WIKI: http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Main_Page
Online Tutorials
Video Tutorial: http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Scribus_Video_Tutorials
Textbooks
Publication List: