{"product_id":"2940000892527","title":"Smashwords Style Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Smashwords Style Guide has helped thousands of authors produce and publish high-quality ebooks. This free guide offers simple step-by-step instructions to professionally create, format and publish an ebook. It's required reading for any author who wants to distribute their book via Smashwords to major ebook retailers such as the Apple iBooks, Barnes \u0026amp; Noble, Scribd, Oyster and Kobo. Smashwords also distributes ebooks to public libraries via OverDrive and Baker \u0026amp; Taylor Axis 360.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Smashwords Style Guide provides a great primer introduction on ebook publishing. Over 500,000 copies downloaded!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpdated September 24, 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINSIDE THE SMASHWORDS STYLE GUIDE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGETTING STARTED\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Smashwords!\u003cbr\u003eDo-it-yourself, or hire help?\u003cbr\u003eGood formatting examples\u003cbr\u003eWhat Smashwords publishes, what we don’t publish\u003cbr\u003eHow to distribute books with Smashwords\u003cbr\u003eHow ebook formatting is different from print formatting\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to Meatgrinder: How we convert your book into multiple ebook formats\u003cbr\u003eUnderstanding the different ebook formats\u003cbr\u003eThe beauty and utility of simplicity\u003cbr\u003eAutoVetter helps identify common formatting errors\u003cbr\u003eYour required source file\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFORMATTING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* Pre-Prep*\u003cbr\u003eMaking Word Behave\u003cbr\u003eStep 1: Make a back up\u003cbr\u003eStep 2: Activate Word’s Show\/Hide\u003cbr\u003eStep 3: Turn off Word’s “AutoCorrect” and “AutoFormat” features\u003cbr\u003eStep 4: Turn off Track Changes\u003cbr\u003eStep 5: The Nuclear Method\u003cbr\u003eStep 6: Hug a loved one\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*Formatting*\u003cbr\u003eStep 7: Managing and modifying paragraph styles, fonts\u003cbr\u003eStep 7a. 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