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***Perhaps if enough authors/publishers bug them Smashwords will make the meatgrinder optional and let you upload individual hand formatted books if you want to***
That would certainly be a great option, AnemicOak. I just checked and we're aparently #6 publisher at Smashwords (we were #1 until the naughties arrived). I'll drop a line and sound out Mark Coker on this idea. He's the first to admit that the 'meatgrinder' isn't always perfect, no matter how much hard work goes into the Word.doc source material for conversion.
I prize Smashwords, not so much for the conversion, but for the fact that teaming with them can get small publishers into vital new online ebook stores that disqualify houses that otherwise don't have an 'official' US presence. Mind you, recent IRS 30% tax-at-source impositions mean that we're in the throes with lawyers and accountants of opening a US-based office anyway. Readers who find geographical restrictions on titles at stores an annoyance have no idea of the hoops some publishers must jump through.
Hoots. Neil
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