[stylist] Question for those familiar with Smashwords

Wed May 8 22:05:12 UTC 2013

Hi Rebekah,
Thanks. I think that's where my paid help went wrong -- not starting with
the nuclear method, as Smashwords calls it. I know how to make a linked
table of contents and styles, so hopefully I'll get it done right. Now I've
got you as an inspiration. Nice to know I'm not out here in totally
uncharted territory. I'm having enough excitement without that. *grin*
Donna 

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bekah Felix
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 3:17 PM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] Question for those familiar with Smashwords

Hi Donna,

Yes, I formatted my book myself, and I got excepted in the premium catalog.
I found it easiest to format my document starting fresh. Meaning, I copied
the entire document and pasted it into notepad. This strips away all the
formatting. Then, I copied and pasted it into a new word document and turned
off the auto correct feature. From there, it's fairly easy to follow the
instructions in the style guide to format your book properly. The hardest
part I found was that the instructions are from a visual perspective. I had
to do some searching and experimenting with jaws to figure out certain
steps.

Good luck! And if you have anymore questions, feel free to ask.

Rebekah Felix
Author of In the Family
Print: http://booklocker.com/books/6812.html
E-Book: 
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/304358

On May 8, 2013, at 12:07 PM, "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net> wrote:

> Hi Rebekah,
> Thanks so much. I don't have a cellphone, but I found the 
> accessibility plug-in for Kindle for PC. Unfortunately, though my book 
> passed the automated check, it does not qualify for Smashword's Premium
catalog.
> 
> This is very frustrating and disappointing, since I paid someone who 
> claimed to format books as per their instructions. I had a lot of 
> trouble from them, though they were probably the nicest people I've dealt
with in a while.
> Anyway, the table of contents isn't linked and there are a couple of 
> blank areas. And, in the PDF, there are a lot of font style changes. 
> The text file is one long run-on mess with no breaks for paragraph. I 
> can't even describe the RTF file, but as an example, the table of 
> contents has a long string of alphabet soup for each listing.
> 
> Anyway, I'm not going to have them try to fix it, despite their
"guarantee."
> I was almost there in terms of formatting my own book when I hit the 
> wall and hired two companies -- one for the print and this other one 
> for the eBooks. I'm going to re-read the Smashwords style guide and 
> try to do it myself.
> 
> What did you do? Did you do the formatting yourself. And, did you get 
> included in the Premium catalog?
> Thanks,
> Donna
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bekah 
> Felix
> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 9:57 PM
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Question for those familiar with Smashwords
> 
> Hi Donna,
> 
> I haven't figured out how to access the PDF or the Kindle edition, but 
> you can view your book as an HTML format and it will display the same 
> way it would in the PDF.
> 
> Also, if you have a smart phone, you can download the Kindle app and 
> review your book that way. Kindle for iPhone is now accessible.
> 
> Congratulations on publishing with smash words, and it's great that 
> you don't have any auto better errors!
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Rebekah Felix
> Author of In the Family
> Print: http://booklocker.com/books/6812.html
> E-Book: 
> https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/304358
> 
> On May 6, 2013, at 10:25 AM, "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Friends,
>> I know that we have several members who have published books on 
>> Smashwords, and I have a few questions.
>> 
>> First, is their PDF file accessible? I published my book successfully 
>> with no "Autovetter" errors, and am awaiting a decision as to whether 
>> it qualifies for their premium catalog. So, I downloaded all of the 
>> versions, and I cannot get at the PDF. Adobe says "reading untagged
> document ...
>> please wait" or something to that effect. Well, I let it sit there 
>> for over an hour and nothing had changed.
>> 
>> Also, we don't have any devices for reading e-versions, so I 
>> downloaded Kindle for PC, Kindle Previewer and Adobe Digital editions.
>> ADE works sort of with jaws, but the other two don't at all. Does 
>> anyone know if anyone has scripts for Jaws to make it work with 
>> Kindle or if another screen reader would work?
>> Thanks,
>> Donna
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