Need for additional licenses for publishing using writer

[Massimo_1]

Good Morning all,

I have written a book using Writer using Times New Roman fonts.
The book will be distributed by Amazon only as Paperback (no Digital Book).

I will have to send the book to them as a .pdf file.

Question 1): Do I have to worry about paying some kind of royalty to the owners of Times new Roman? Or is this use included in the free-license of LibreOffice? If so, where would I have to go to pay it.

Question 2): Are there any free fonts that I can use with no royalty within LibreOffice?

Question 3) Amazon preferred pdf format is a pdf/X-1a which apparently cnnot be produced by the Writer software. What would you suggest?

Thanks in advance for your help !
Massimo

[mikekaganski]

0. Legal questions shouldn’t be asked on user-to-user sites like this. When in doubt, first you need to consult your lawyer. If your license question relates to LibreOffice (yours is not), then you should ask at legal@documentfoundation.org.
1. Times New Roman is not a part of LibreOffice distribution, and LibreOffice does not grant its users any permissions to use Times New Roman (or any other font; note that even fonts in the LibreOffice bundle have their own - free and open - licenses). The said font is from Microsoft, likely came with your Windows OS. You should consult your OS documentation about your permitted use of its included fonts.
2. Fonts - The Document Foundation Wiki

[Massimo_1]

Thank you !