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For anyone who read my post and heard me whining, or for starrigger who thought I was offering career advice, I do apologize. Neither was my intent. I do not know the field of writing, bu I wish to learn of it. I do know that past trends, current trends, and future trends are all in a mish-mash right now. Some publishers (and even writers) who think the old way is good enough and don't need to change. New writers who feel that they can't effectively do their job because their publishers don't want to step into the new technology, so they have to do their own editing/formats.
Like Elfwreck said, the current spell-/grammar-check programs are just smart enough to screw up. It would be nice to find a simple word processor that can save to all of the main formats. I have InDesign CS4, and it will save to txt, rtf, doc, pdf, epub. Maybe a couple more, not sure. There may even be plug-ins for ID that will export to more formats. I'd rather export to a format than use a conversion software.
Anyway, i do hope the publishers will start to better take care of their writers and take more pride in their published works. Releasing badly formatted, unproofed ebooks will not only diminish the books they sale, but also the writers they support.
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