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Originally Posted by dncharles
This is a bit harsh on Smashwords. It's out there for works of all quality, sets formatting standards, gives endless advice, employs checkers and good conversion software and does what it can to get a good looking, readable product out there- all at no cost to the author.
You gotta remember that it's an open system - anyone can publish, and often it's a case of RIRO (rubbish in, rubbish out). I say bless them for their acceptance of all, for letting the market decide on talent, and for not being as anal as Apple, who demand total html perfection before they'll take you onto their precious platform.
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Actually Smashwords has a VERY STRICT way they want their books to go through their shredder, and it usually produces garbage. I've NEVER bought a book from Smashwords that I haven't had to re-edit. I'm talking a simple TOC to chapter breaks, to changing line spacing because it's not consistent.
I'm not the only one that feels this way. People usually don't buy ePubs from Smashwords unless it's the only way they can get it without DRM.