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Smashwords Style Guide – How to Format, Publish and Distribute an Ebook for Free

August 13, 2011 by SellingBooks Staff

The Smashwords Style Guide has helped indie authors produce and publish over 45,000 high-quality ebooks. This guide offers simple step-by-step instructions to create and format an ebook using Microsoft Word.The Smashwords Style Guide is required reading for any author who wants to distribute their book via Smashwords to major ebook retailers such as the Apple iBookstore, Barnes & Noble, Sony, Kobo and Diesel. Authors and publishers who don’t yet use Smashwords can still benefit from the Guide. It provides detailed information on how ebook formatting is different from print formatting, and it offers step by step illustrated instructions on how to tame the beast of Microsoft Word.INSIDE THE SMASHWORDS STYLE GUIDEGETTING STARTEDWelcome to Smashwords!Do-it-yourself, or hire help?Good formatting examplesWhat Smashwords publishes, what we don’t publishFive common formatting mistakes to avoidHow Smashwords publishes booksHow Smashwords distributes booksHow ebook formatting is different

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