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jaxx6166 · 10-03-2010, 04:00 PM

PLD,

I read the first twelve pages of the book that prompted this thread. There really aren't any words for that other than lazy. Absolute and utter laziness.

Spellcheck is just a button press away. Hell, I think even the Word grammar editor would have helped. This really does look like a first draft just thrown up onto Smashwords from the author's original source file.

I about lost my mind when she wrote in the "About Me" page that she wants a traditional publishing deal through a major publisher with the work that she submitted to SW. There's a LOOONG way to go there.

There's no way I would have paid $4.99 for that. Even if it was free, I'd probably have passed. . . especially after reading the free excerpt.

ToL shows like you spent some time playing with the formatting. Thanks for the Kindle picture.

Has anyone here had any experience using an actual Microsoft Word document and running it through the meatgrinder? Are the results more of the ePub dreck or does it actually do a good job converting?

10-03-2010, 04:00 PM	#30
jaxx6166 Wizard Posts: 1,222 Karma: 769316 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eternal summer Device: 350, iPad, PW	PLD, I read the first twelve pages of the book that prompted this thread. There really aren't any words for that other than lazy. Absolute and utter laziness. Spellcheck is just a button press away. Hell, I think even the Word grammar editor would have helped. This really does look like a first draft just thrown up onto Smashwords from the author's original source file. I about lost my mind when she wrote in the "About Me" page that she wants a traditional publishing deal through a major publisher with the work that she submitted to SW. There's a LOOONG way to go there. There's no way I would have paid $4.99 for that. Even if it was free, I'd probably have passed. . . especially after reading the free excerpt. ToL shows like you spent some time playing with the formatting. Thanks for the Kindle picture. Has anyone here had any experience using an actual Microsoft Word document and running it through the meatgrinder? Are the results more of the ePub dreck or does it actually do a good job converting? Last edited by jaxx6166; 10-03-2010 at 04:05 PM.