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Fixing Garbled Text: Reopening a File with the Correct Encoding
When you find a garbled manuscript, the first thing to do is not save it. If it is only garbled, the file is i […]
UTF-8 Conversion on Mac: Reading the Red Marking as a List of Places to Fix
When a Shift_JIS manuscript is converted to UTF-8, decoding the source correctly and selecting UTF-8 as the de […]
Creating a KDP Table of Contents: Choosing Which Chapters Appear
A title leaf or decorative divider ends up listed in the contents, and you worry it will confuse readers. The […]
Building a KDP Table of Contents from Your Headings
In the rune Studio workflow for a KDP EPUB, table-of-contents entries take their labels from heading text in t […]
Making a Kindle EPUB: Setting Up for Horizontal, Reflowable Text
For a horizontal, reflowable Kindle EPUB, the priority is not preserving fixed page positions. It is preservin […]
What Is Actually Inside an EPUB: Contents, Cover, and Colophon as Files
An EPUB file is a bundle of files. In the rune Studio export verified for this article, the body pages, conten […]
Recommended Mac Text Editors: Judge by Manuscript Management, Not Editing Speed
Once the number of files grows, judge an editor on two connected questions: can you keep the manuscript and re […]
Handle a Large Novel in a Text Editor by Defining the Functions That Must Survive
A large manuscript does not need every visual aid to remain active. It needs the work required by the deadline […]
Converting to UTF-8: The Three Steps and What to Check at Each One
Converting a Shift_JIS or other non-UTF-8 manuscript to UTF-8 has three conceptual stages: decode the source b […]
Automatic Shift_JIS Detection in a Text Editor, and Where It Stops Being Reliable
When you open an old manuscript, you do not choose the encoding — the editor guesses it. That guess is usually […]
The Two Tables of Contents in a KDP Book, and Why You Only Build One
For the table of contents that appears inside a KDP book, treat it as a page in the book's reading order […]
Keeping Images from Vanishing in KDP Submissions
Adding a body image or illustration for KDP has four stages: place the image file, insert it into the manuscri […]