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Originally Posted by JSWolf
It's amazing that some people prefer to convert instead of learning how to do it by hand. I find it overall easier to do it by hand.
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What I find amazing is that some people prefer to do it by hand, when many things can be done automatically that will save a lot of time. I did it by hand for several years, but then I finally did the research needed to figure out how I could automate many of the things I was doing by hand. Now, I spend much less time doing what I do than the way I used to do it--at least 80% or more less time, which means I can get more books done than I used to get done and have a lot more time to do other things.
I realize that many e-readers will format everything, and I realize that ADE doesn't format anything, but all of my files (after I get done with them) will work fine on all the e-readers that do format everything. They will work on any device.
All my life, I've always tried to find ways to do things easier and quicker and receive the same results. And that's what I've done with editing and reformatting e-books.
It doesn't matter to me whether you do your thing by hand or automate what you do, but I don't think it's right for you to post negative opinions about what I'm doing, when you really have no idea how my books look when I finish (and you don't know what all the Extra CSS and Transform Rules I've added to the Convert settings are, which are a big part of how I can do many things automatically). I've only posted how I do things in order to help others know that there are ways you can do things automatically, without having to spend extra time doing manual editing. I don't mind editing things manually (in fact, I love doing it), but due to the volume of books I edit and reformat, I had to do something to decrease the amount of time I was spending on doing that.
Thanks to the authors of Polish, Modify ePub, ePubMerge, and Calibre, and thanks to BetterRed and the others who treat users fairly and politely on this forum!