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Old 04-16-2016, 05:55 PM   #37
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Hmph. I wonder if he thought that would engender a whole new bookmaking fee? I'll bet it was something like that. We do not do that--we simply charge editing fees--but a lot of converters do.
It might be worth putting together a one-page set of instructions along the lines of:

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Need to make minor corrections? Do NOT attempt to open this EPUB in apps like Word, Sigil, Calibre, etc. These programs can corrupt EPUB files that they did not create initially. Instead:

1. Create a new folder.
2. Put the EPUB file in that folder.
3. Rename the file to end in .zip.
4. Double-click the file to extract it.
5. Delete the ZIP file.
6. Edit the HTML files using a text editor (e.g. notepad).
7. Reconstruct the EPUB file using the instructions below.


Windows:

[insert instructions here]


OS X:

[insert instructions here]
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