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Tue, 15:56 : So I did my version of the nuclear option for Smashwords. I used Ubuntu's word processor, which finally killed MS Word formatting. Tue, 16:02 : To celebrate getting this book on Smashwords, here's a coupon, good until end of day WU85T #freebook #glbtq https://t.co/iqxmD3fl Tue, 16:04 : @wl552 Hey, got on computer very late. Daughter already home. She wants it, so I hope to catch you this evening. Gromp! <big hug Tue, 18:15 : This is very irritating. Smashwords has removed all punctuation other than a period from the Kindle version; that's what my reader sbows Tue, 18:20 : I've unpublished B1. Since I want the Smashwords pub for Kobo, I will re-upload and opt out of the mobi conversion. Tue, 19:40 : There is nothing worse than a mobi converter that dislikes em dashes. Shame on you Smashwords, for forcing me to use double hyphens. Tue, 19:53 : And Smashwords treatment of headings sucks the big one. The meatgrinder churned out titles and chapters that won't resize font. Tue, 19:54 : Lulu and Smashwords = with regards to poor treatment of headings. Tue, 19:56 : There's nothing I can do about the headings since Smashwords won't let me fix the epub myself, like I can with the Lulu epub. Tue, 20:04 : More Smashwords fail. I have font size differences in the ePUB version of one book that is not showing up in the mobi version. Tue, 20:34 : All right, so I believe I've managed to force the font to be correct at last. Involved changing the font to Georgia from TNRoman. Go figure. Tue, 20:34 : But the Smashwords epub version has the annoying error that refuses to change font size for chapter headings. Tue, 21:11 : I am testing a new version of one file with a properly inserted em dash using insert special symbol function. Tue, 23:31 : Interesting. Read article how to get em dash into doc, specifically for Smashword pubs. Said not to use horizontal bar by mistake. cont. Tue, 23:32 : But even though I followed the article, the em dash disappears from the mobi version that Smashwords creates. cont. Tue, 23:33 : So I tried the horizontal bar anyhow, since it looks a lot like an em dash. The mobi version shows the bars and they look like em dashes. Tue, 23:34 : They sort of look like em dashes; there's a bit more space between the dash and the characters to either side. Tue, 23:35 : Thing is, my reader now shows punctuation that was otherwise missing from the mobi version. And now to check epub version. Tue, 23:50 : I think this version of the pubs on Smashword, with a horizontal dash faking to be an em dash, will be the one I have to stick with.