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Old 08-23-2011, 03:16 PM   #194
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Originally Posted by DreamWriter View Post
Thanks, starrigger. I've been considering Smashwords too, but I'm not pleased that they only accept MS Word files and then convert to the various formats through their automated process. Frankly, I've seen quite a few Smashwords books that don't look very good.

I prefer to have direct control over the end result, as proper formatting is very important to me. I hand-coded the HTML for the Kindle edition, and I'm very pleased with the results. But I don't want to exclude international ePub purchasers, so it may be necessary to include Smashwords as a distribution channel.
If you submit a really clean Word doc, SW generally does a good job. You could download a couple of my samples and judge whether they're up to your standards. I didn't do anything except be very careful with the formatting of my Word doc.

[I should say, they do a good epub. The .pdb--not so much.]
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