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Originally Posted by graycyn
I don't really try to replicate print, but I like to keep some feel of the chapter styling, *if* within reason.
On thinking it over, I'll leave "THE END" where present and where not present, I won't add it. I've no way to know whether the author intended it or whether a publisher just stuck it in there for the heck of it.
I have sort of a love/hate relationship with Standard Ebooks. I like what they do, but I feel like their code and semantics get well beyond what *I* feel up for!
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I'd agree with all of that. 100%
In general the content is the thing, not the appearance on the paper. It helps to have a different style from the main body for:
Chapter Headings
letters, notes, signs, labels, telegrams, console text, sms, SM messages etc.
Epigrams, preambles, non-chapter headings, captions, marginalia/flushed right notes, inline footnotes.
Lists (and list start character or numbers are manually typed).
I think madness to replicate paper styles, especially if the Published is carried away with
SMALL CAPS, drop caps, giant colophons etc. IMO the centred * * * does for a major scene break and ~ for a minor break.
Most styling and formatting (except for maybe poetry) is an invention of the publisher and not in the intent of the author. I offer simpler solutions (always accepted except once) to an author that goes mad on format/style. With one I sent back MSS with over 1000 … and — removed. He'd just discovered how to type them! It was accepted. I had left in some!