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Old 12-27-2016, 01:13 AM   #16037
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
It would be best to upload a hand crated well formatted ePub to Smashwords.
As crafting well-formatted EPUBs is my business, I quite agree. There's no substitute for having a handmade file that does precisely what's desired.

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Originally Posted by JSWolf
But the author should put in the description that it's a hand crafted well formatted ePub and not sourced from Word.
But there, I disagree. The description should be about the content - not promotions, the manufacturing process, praising the author, or how many five-star reviews it's received. Sure, mention if it's been professionally edited if it's a rerelease and you hadn't taken that step the first time, so people know about the improvement - but the baseline expectation ought to be that you're offering a professional-grade product for sale.

If we as customers don't demand professional quality in indie ebooks, we won't get it... no matter what software was used to create the file.
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