If you are starting with a clean source (not PDF) it may be even easier
(assumes: simple, fiction book styling. Consistent source styling
within a series)
Grouped Saved Searches. That is almost a script of the series of S&R steps you used (and saved).
I have a 'Word Cruft' set made of individual 'removals'
make each search fix only a single cosmetic (code) flaw so no matter the order they appear
Be very careful of the ORDER you perform chained (group) S&R. Order MATTERS in many cases or you mangle a later step.
I have another to scale font sizes from HTML named to em that I run on a CSS