Quick and Dirty eBook Formatting

Formatting a book for Kindle, Nook, or Smashwords seems like a scary venture. But it doesn't have to be. One round of quality formatting should suffice for all three venues. These instructions are for a simple book with no fancy formatting or images.

Suggestions to make your life easier:
Finish all edits before formatting. You don't want to mess up and have to reformat the whole thing.I use OpenOffice, so I can't guarantee these directions will work for Word (though I don't see why they...