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Originally Posted by rcentros
I picked up one of your books you promoted at Smash Words. I haven't read it yet, but the layout is good. I'm guessing it was created in LibreOffice and Calibre as described?
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Yes. I avoid anything complicated and then the CSS doesn't need edited. PM me or use the contact form if you have any technical problems. That one would have been imported to LibreOffice from MS Word originally. You always have to fix page styles, headers and paragraph styles when you do that. So never use "doc" or "docx" as the edit format, only "odt". An extra copy is saved as docx for Calibre. The Calibre conversion of odt is um strange. If the styles, TOC, headings, anchors etc are done properly then the epub2 (and AZW/KF8 from epub2) are looking like the original. I change page size to be more like an ereader view too when I first import them. Curiously azw/kf8 direct from docx has the "first paragraph" style (where there is no indent) with a slightly different font size. Using docx -> epub is fine and docx -> epub -> azw is fine.
I only use "dual mobi" for Smashword's Kindle format. Amazon KDP uses the exact same epub2 file as Smashwords gets. I test the "dual mobi" on a DXG, kindle keyboard (both views) and PW3. If there is a new style used I test also on 5" phone ereader apps, Sony PRS350 and Nook Simple Touch as well as the Kobo. I also test that non-latin characters are sensible. Mostly avoided.
We don't rely on the file KDP offers. Test purchases are done.
Also there is a guide in preparation for our small group of writers. One part is filling in stuff not clear in Trask or Eat Shoots and Leaves and our "house" style guide on those issues. The other is the process from gathering fragments of text, to LibreOffice and simplest approaches to chapters (if used), footnotes (please don't!), contents, images, different sorts of scene breaks.
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