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Originally Posted by JSWolf
If we could get direct ePub upload, then Smashwords would be awesome instead of so-so.
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I couldn't agree more—
if that ePub file is done correctly. But, I think Elfwreck has a valid point:
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While I can understand the desire to get SW to accept user-generated .epubs, I can also understand SW not wanting to increase the number of *botched* .epubs caused by people who think they know how to format them, and don't.
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From what I've seen, they have enough of a challenge just getting MS Word files submitted correctly. Allowing ePub submissions would probably greatly increase their workload for the reason mentioned by Elfwreck.
I certainly would like to see better quality and more consistent formatting of e-books, but I think that Mark Coker has done an excellent job in creating Smashwords. I suppose he had to consider how
most authors write their books (with MS Word) when he originally set things up. There are probably only a small percentage of authors who
could create a properly formatted ePub or .mobi for submission. It'd be nice to at least have that option, but sometimes you can't cater to the minority in business.