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Old 08-26-2011, 11:17 AM   #33
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Originally Posted by anamardoll View Post
This. Not to mention many authors employ professional formatters to get the ePub perfect. I would not want to spend my money on a format I was happy with and then submit to a company that expects me to be happy with whatever their conversion software churns out. Conversion is great, but having the ability to hand-tweak the output is crucial. Taking that ability away...no.
I agree completely. There is no reason to limit the author to posting something that he/she has to live with. If they author wants to have it done before hand to make sure it's done right, then that should be an option. I don't see how this cannot easily be implemented. If SW is validating the meatground ePub and reporting errors, then it's just a matter of bypassing the meatgrinding process and moving onto the validation process with an already created ePub.
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