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Old 04-03-2013, 12:00 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by glebarc View Post
VERY few Smashwords authors have an easy time converting their Word docs through the Smashwords meatgrinder. It should be called the authorgrinder. Then when you try to convert it yourself into an epub, the fun really begins! Epubcheck (any version) doesn't tell you really what's wrong; at least FlightCrew tells you more!
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Originally Posted by teh603 View Post
Unless they've massively revised their style guide, Smashwords' meatgrinder works fine with OO/LO as long as you get the basic idea:

All formatting is to be done using the style sheet, except possibly inline bold and italic (like the title of a book).

Dunno, I've never had trouble. Everything validates on the first go. Think the worst problem I had was an out-of-proportion cover.
I use MS Word on my Mac, and have no problems whatsoever. Pretty easy to get through to premium catalog if you just follow their directions and setup your template/styles in advance. I am skeptical of the "very few" statement since most of the authors that I have spoken with have no problems making it through.
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