[Steven Lyle Jordan]

Speaking for myself, when I convert a book of mine into an e-book format, I have to:

1. Alter the text file with appropriate headers, chapters, etc for the format;
2. Possibly doublespace the paragraphs, or substitute paragraph tabs with an extra hard space;
3. Input text into e-book creation software;
4. Input cover (a whole 'nother ball game);
5. Format the e-book meta-files with title, subject, author, copyright data, etc;
6. Create e-book;
7. Go back and proof the file, to make sure everything came out properly, and looks right. If something is wrong, I may have to go back to the original text file and start over;
8. Repeat for the other 5 formats I save each book in.

You couldn't even macro that into just 3 clicks. And every serious publisher is going to have to go through at least all of those steps on each book they format. It may not be a time-consuming process (other than writing and proofing time), but it is step-intensive.