samasher

No, because there is no Affinity Publisher and it seems there will be no launch the next ten months.
 
The PDF method results in a large amount of work if the layout, the tables of contents and/or the footnotes have to be changed.
 
But perhaps there will be a converter app.

"Importing" from Quark, InDesign... is only possible via PDF. Never mentioned there is not additional work to finished it. By now, there is a need of extremelly hard work, strong nerves, and it is almost impossible if you need to produce TOC, tables, footnotes...

I know it will, but don't believe it will be in the v. 1.0.

Answered here. But perhaps has changed, Serif?

By converting into PDF and importing to Designer or Publisher when it comes out.

Hello Sam,
 
Are you still using CS5.5? I downloaded a single PDF from your web site and that was the creator. If you are, keep using it for revising the former work done in ID (assuming your OS still runs it) and use APub for new work. As mentioned, for moving work from ID to APub, use a PDF. Unless Serif does include at least an IDML importer initially. But there will be reconstruction needed using a PDF, such as text frame linking, redoing, that sort of thing.
 
I generally only move former work on an as needed basis, creating new work in the application of my choice. I have had only X number of ID clients use any of the CC versions and for those I chose to just rent it for the duration of the job. Most all my ID clients are using CS6 and a few still use CS5.5--both of which I still have (and older). A couple of the IDCC clients have moved on to QXP, for which I gladly convert the work to for a nominal fee (which isn't much, I use a plug-in).
 
Mike