I will irrefutably point out at this point, that putting a function into existing word processors to format what is being written directly into whatever ebook format is desired is not only doable - it would be something that authors would not likely balk at. It is a feature I myself might pay for
The whole cost of formatting thing still is a cost that can be cut out.
And done that way it would take little time.
You are sitting here reading this forum in front of a computer people.
How hard is it to remember just what it is that computers do.
/justifiable chastisement