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Originally Posted by Gregg Bell
Thanks eschwartz. Yeah, it's good to know that Flightcrew and eEpubcheck will catch the mismatches. And yeah, I don't care in the least about the aesthetics of the guts.  I just want to get this done right so it looks good to the reader.
P.S. Pretty funny thread. |
Actually, you should care about the aesthetics of the guts. The cleaner it is, the simpler the code and the easier to find any mistakes. Also, messy code can turn off some people from buying any more of your eBooks. I don't buy from Smashwords all that much because the code is mostly a Word > ePub conversion and the code can be a real mess.
You want code that's clean so it's easier for you to deal with. Take an average Word file (not one done with proper styles or cleaned using Toxaris' Word add-in), convert it to ePub using Calibre and just see how poor the guts can be and how much work you have to do to clean it up.