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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash
We're dealing with three different formats here, there's no converting. Granted, the ebooks I've seen prove that there's a lot of converting going on that shouldn't be, but I would never (in this hypothetical scenario or in reality) convert mobi to ePub if I was planning to sell it. But it also doesn't make sense (to me, at least) to do the reverse if one wants to make the most of each format. Anything in the ePub not supported by Mobi would have to be fixed to display properly anyway, so it seems to me that starting from the text and building each format makes the most sense.
The third format, of course, is the Smashwords Word doc. That's its own monster to deal with. (If I ever do get around to writing that book, I really hope they have a better system in place at some point.)
So to me, the option would seem to wait until all formats are completed, or putting the first format up for sale while working on the others.
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The last time I converted an ePub to Mobi using Calibre, the conversion came out very nicely. True, not all ePub features will convert well. But I've been noticing a lot of DUMBING DOWN of ePub in order to satisfy a conversion to Mobi. For example, a page of links and the headers all linked to go to this page of links and in the real ToC, an entry to go to this page of links and also CSS code to sort of simulate a blockquote instead of actually using a blockquote that would work better.[/quote]
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You say "we" but I wonder how many people actually feel this way, or even think about it at all. (I'm serious, I do wonder about this, but there's no way to get any accurate data on that.) Yes, in the case where books have been pulled, I can see why some would be upset. And disappearing series would definitely cause consternation. But preemptive judgment based on a debut or new release seems odd if there's no precedent of yanking books back to KDPS later.
It also kind of comes across as a convenient self-fulfilling psuedo-prophecy.
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The way I look at it, if an author has gone the exclusive route, I feel there's always a chance that the author may go back if the author even then decides to come out of it. If an author puts a book up on Amazon while working on the ePub version, there is nothing to stop said author from deciding to continue after the 90-days is up. So really, for me, trust is lost.