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All centred. Works on Mobi Kindle Keyboards; AWZ3 kindles; Epubs: PRS350, Nook Touch, Binatone readme, Kobo Aura H2O original.
Small change ~ (Same place & people, a little later)
Minor scene break § (Section mark)
Big change * * * (almost like a chapter, but when author doesn't want a chapter).
Using blank lines for paragraphs or "breaks" is contrary to Smashwords guidelines.
Note in LibreOffice source text, and Regular Expressions enabled, ^$ will find blank lines.
A blank line isn't the same as a start of paragraph or end of paragraph "line spacing".
Blank lines shouldn't be used in eBooks.
A first line indent is preferable to start of paragraph or end of paragraph "line spacing".
It's amazing how many eBooks from major publishers have bad formatting. Perhaps they don't properly reformat the source text. It doesn't work using the same styles for paper as ebooks.
You can fix existing ebooks in Calibre, or if you are not wanting to edit CSS, and expert at format styles, you can export in a Wordprocessing format and edit in LibreOffice. Save as ODT AND ALSO docx, as ODT is better for editing & archive and Calibre seems to import docx better. There Is Open XML docx and also MSWord docx. Both seem to give same results with Calibre on Linux. Wiindows might be different.
Importing doc & docx into LibreOffice writer 5.x seems to create spurious page formats. Delete them in Styles and then edit default style for page. Small margins (18 pt all round), no headers or footers and about 6" x 9" paper size works well for edit view and eBook creation. Use 16 pt for first line indent. 0 for all right margins in paragraph styles. 12 pt for main body text.
Make sure ONLY TOC headings have an outline/heading level and all other text including separators, title and subtitle has body text level.
Never have more than one space at a time and no tabs.
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