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Originally Posted by lumpynose
Since he has problems with page breaks I was thinking that it could help encourage him to doing things in epub instead of doc/docx.
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I write either in plain text (notes at the very start) or using odt format on Libre Office Writer.
The epub is PURELY a distribution format. You don't "do" things in it except proof read and annotate.
To proof & Annotate I ALSO "Save As" docx (best
Wordprocessing format for Calibre import), two clicks to make an ePub. Another click to Save it on the Kobo Aura H2O original, where I proof read and annotate.
Then read annotations with Kobo Utilities, Copy/Paste into KATE text editor which also has tabs with places, people, events etc. Refomat using Regex. I use a tall narrow window
Open LibreOffice Writer beside it and the last version edited.
Next Save As the odt file of novel in Writer with an incremented version number. Edit all the corrections, putting a * in front of notes used in the Kate Window.
I increment the version (new file) ANY time I'm deleting as much as a paragraph or adding major amount of content. All using native "odt" format.
I only "save as" docx for import to Calibre (works better than direct odt import). The doc import to Calibre is on Windows, not Linux and not as good. Maybe it uses the MS doc to html installed with Word? I don't know.
Finally when 100% polished and read by others the odt is saved as docx and doc. Calibre makes the epub2 and dual mobi. Save all to disk. Don't view epub copy being uploaded to Smashwords as this creates a hidden reading position bookmark! Upload saved epub version to Amazon & Smashwords if the dual mobi version is perfect on the Kindle PW3 (no missing / broken TOC on the system TOC). Upload dual mobi and doc to Smashwords
By this time the book will have been read on at least three other people's Kindles, some people reading it twice. I'll have read it on ereader completely 10 to 25 times.
I'll have saved a huge amount of paper & toner. Not one paper copy. Back in early 1990s and using an Epson Ink Jet, each revision would have used half a ream of paper and a fortune of ink.
I've never printed a story or novel or a chapter since I got my first Kindle. I passed it to my wife and got a DXG when it was re-released at a discount as I thought it would do for technical PDFs (I was still doing Electronics & Programming those days). The DXG is too low resolution and not a large enough screen for almost all PDFs. Too slow for manuals too.
I was using the dreadful text file generated by the Kindle to copy back annotations.
Then I got the Kobo Aura H2O original when it arrived here retail and found that while awkward to enter annotations, reading back per book is far better.
What I've saved on paper ink/toner etc since 2014 would pay for nearly half a dozen ereaders. Over 20 completed novels and 9 to 35 revisions of each as well as many WIP.
Also copy & paste of many longer Web articles into Writer and made into ebooks to read.
I'm tempted to 10" to 12" eink, either the Sony Paper or one of the more general purpose models for PDFs. However I don't use PDF technical stuff much now. I do have a 10" tablet for "portable PDF" use. However it's dreadful.