I was almost going to post this question on an existing thread, but didn't want to contribute to Godwin's law regarding thread redirection.
With Amazon KDP, the preferred method of uploading a manuscript is a Word file (.doc or .docx) using styles, with a Word table of contents (TOC.) Fairly simple, once you figure it out.
Smashwords preferred method is a Word file (.doc only) but it cannot parse a Word TOC. You have to do a wonky bookmark and hyperlink exercise to create your own. I like the finished product Smashwords offers, it looks right.
Draft2Digital (D2D) can parse a Word TOC, but, for whatever reason, you need three line breaks vs. two to preserve your scene breaks. And by the way if you indent your scene breaks, those will not be preserved. Covers are not reprocessed in a manner where they can be displayed properly on many third party sites' previewers.
The bottom line is I have to do a significant amount of reformatting when I upload my books to Smashwords, and D2D, respectively, for different reasons. So I need to have three versions of my ebooks.
Why do they do this? All three have talented programmers that are more than capable of making it all work out, yet, they don't. They have to be different for some reason. Does Amazon have some kind of stranglehold copyright on ebook submission formatting requirements? Anybody know?
With Amazon KDP, the preferred method of uploading a manuscript is a Word file (.doc or .docx) using styles, with a Word table of contents (TOC.) Fairly simple, once you figure it out.
Smashwords preferred method is a Word file (.doc only) but it cannot parse a Word TOC. You have to do a wonky bookmark and hyperlink exercise to create your own. I like the finished product Smashwords offers, it looks right.
Draft2Digital (D2D) can parse a Word TOC, but, for whatever reason, you need three line breaks vs. two to preserve your scene breaks. And by the way if you indent your scene breaks, those will not be preserved. Covers are not reprocessed in a manner where they can be displayed properly on many third party sites' previewers.
The bottom line is I have to do a significant amount of reformatting when I upload my books to Smashwords, and D2D, respectively, for different reasons. So I need to have three versions of my ebooks.
Why do they do this? All three have talented programmers that are more than capable of making it all work out, yet, they don't. They have to be different for some reason. Does Amazon have some kind of stranglehold copyright on ebook submission formatting requirements? Anybody know?
