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Originally Posted by Sabardeyn
Something to keep in mind, and which you'll see stated in many forms throughout ebook crafting forums, is that there is no perfect or universal way to create an ebook that all hardware and software readers/viewers/devices can use.
We're in the middle of the ebook version of the "Browser Wars" of the 1990's. Where everyone is claiming compliance with a standard, but they're not actually 100% compliant. Or they've added a "feature" with better capabilities so they don't see the need to support the standard implementation of the feature. Of course, no one else can get that feature to work properly, so any 3rd party ebooks fail.
Despite the above, I'm not attempting to warn you off. Just trying to make you aware that some relatively simple seeming tasks can become extremely complex. Knowing this as you go into the project might keep you from yanking out your hair and running naked through the streets, gibbering like you've just had a heart-to-heart chat with, while staring deeply into the eyes of, Cthulhu -- and several of his nearest and dearest. All at once.
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Thanks S! Yes, it's clear even to a beginner like me that there's more than one way to accomplish the simplest of tasks (italicizing a word, for example). Fortunately I'm just doing this for fun and have the luxury of proceeding at my own pace, so no bald horror-show streaking for me!