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Smashwords Style Guide
Ebook By Mark CokerRating:
(5) Published: May. 05, 2008
Category: Non-Fiction » Computers and Internet » Digital publishing
Words: 6972 (approximate)
Ebook Description
Read this before publishing on Smashwords! The Smashwords Style Guide makes it easy to format your manuscript to produce high quality ebooks. This document is updated frequently. This version was updated June 17, 2009.Tags
ebooks, epublishing, formatting tips, publishing, self publishing, smashwords, smashwords formatting, style guideAvailable Ebook reading formats:
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Write a Review Add a Video ReviewReview by: George Angus on Apr. 01, 2009 :
This style guide is an absolutely crucial read prior to publishing your ebook. I was all fat, dumb and happy thinking I'd just hit "publish" and my beautifully formatted ebook with the fancy colors and fonts would be whisked away to stardom.
After reading the style guide, I now get it. Ebooks are a different animal. I do want my book available to the largest number of readers so I'm going to follow the advice here.
I also agree with Christopher. The guide is not written for techies at all. If you have even a passing knowledge of MS Word, you will find this guide helpful in walking you through the steps.
An absolute must read.
George
Review by: Christopher Pinckley on Mar. 28, 2009 :
If you are an independent author/writer, then there is no getting around reading this ebook(unless you are also a software engineer).
What I loved about this book was that Mark doesn't take any reader for granted, anyone can understand his instructions. Mark also happens to be a very patient guy and extremely helpful, all of which comes through very clearly in this easy to understand guide.