Advisability of doing an e-book in Word

"[email protected] [ebook-community]" <[email protected]> Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:19:34 -0500

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Has anyone here even done or seen an e-book that was done in Word?


I am curious about the advisability of skipping over the conversion process and going straight to SmashWords or another company. I would suspect it would be cheaper, but would the final e-book look sufficiently professional? 


William A. Gordon
Publisher, North Ridge Books
Publisher, "Gordon's Radio List"
Editor, "1,001 Tips for Writers"
www.nrbooks.com