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Originally Posted by Iskariot
I have not mastered handling the raw code. As opposed to you I feel quite powerless when I look at it  .
That is why a good straight forward WYSIWYG epub editor is of great interest to me. I want the program to do the things in the background I do not understand myself. I only want to have to pay attention to things like the lay out of a document, book structure, appearance etc. |
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Originally Posted by Hitch
Well...with all due respect, that's pretty much what everyone wants, who doesn't know HTML or CSS. Every author. Every publisher. They want some magic eBook-making software that makes a perfect ebook, that allows them to NOT know what the hell they're doing.
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Personally, I agree with Hitch. It's worth taking the time to learn at least the basics of HTML/CSS. If nothing else, working at that level makes it much easier to understand what you need to make your ebook look good on multiple platforms. Admittedly, a good chunk of the authors I've done some work for are more than willing to have someone else do that cleanup.
As for that magic WYSIWYG software? It doesn't exist and likely never will—there are just too many ebook renderers that have quirks that don't match the quirks of your WYSIWYG software. You may have a book that looks great on your computer but looks like crap when sent to an ereader or app whether Amazon Kindle, Kobo, Nook or any other supplier. OTOH, that is what keeps Hitch and her colleagues in business.