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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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And I've seen some really awful eBooks come out of Smashwords meatgrinder. I remember one eBook that had every line underlined. What Smashwords should do is allow the author to upload there own formatted versions and meatgrind for when there isn't an uploaded format. So if the author uploads say an ePub and a Mobi along with whatever format is wanted for the meatgrinder, the meatgrinder would then generate the rest from the source except for the ones the author put up. That would ensure better quality copies if the author could get them done outside of the meatgrinder.