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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
The problem is, Word isn't ubiquitous, and not everyone can afford to pay the Microsoft Tax. Shelling out hundreds of dollars for software used solely to format books for Smashwords just isn't a viable option for some authors, just as your "kitchen table budget" doesn't cover other things for you.
Besides, nobody is suggesting that Smashwords not accept Word files; we're just suggesting that they should accept files in some other, pretty much any other, format, one that works with their system (HTML almost certainly would) but doesn't require payment of the Microsoft Tax.
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Ah yes... I got Word free with a computer and I have to confess I use it solely for smashwords and a few years ago, when I wrote corporate puff for a living, I used it to open the documents other people sent me. I also have to confess, before then, to a history of doing all my writing on the corporate lap top... which had Word fitted as standard. Sorry, I got the impression this was a why word thread, a viewpoint I can appreciate - rather than a why not anything else. Actually, why not rtf would suit me.
I write in WordPerfect and I think open office would be my second choice and I agree, that html would be a good substitute. The interface I like best is Feedbooks, where it does it all for you and you just cut and paste the text in. That's my kind of interface. I'm not sure why Smashwords don't do that.
Cheers
MTM