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Originally Posted by Spacejock
The publisher dropped back to sending Doc files after they discovered gmail was blocking the zip file containing the txt, html, rtf, etc versions. Still no idea why the zip was being blocked, unless it's the inline css in the html file.
I thought they were only sending the doc to people with gmail addresses, but it's possible others have slipped through.
Bear in mind this is the publisher's first foray into ebooks. I suggested the open, non-device specific formats like txt, rtf and so on, so they didn't have to produce different files for a wide range of devices. I know when I buy an ebook I'd rather have three plain vanilla versions than a bunch of proprietary formats ... and perhaps none for the device I really want to read the book on.
Cheers
Simon
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If you start with a good HTML version, you can then use Calibre to convert to ePub, MS Reader, Mobipocket, and LRF. That will take care of most of your audience. And it's fairly simple as well. Then all you need do is have people specify what version they want and you can send them what they want. Oh and for the LRF, don't do headers as they don't have any use and just take up page space and for the base font, use 10 point.