  The first eBooks were created by typing the text of printed books into word processor or text editing programs, and then submitting the files for final formatting and redistribution. Typists would perform basic formatting, including: Omitting page headers/footers and pagination; Spelling correction (spelling modernization was optional, and some transcribers preferred to leave the original spelling); De-hyphenation; Relocating any footnotes to endnotes; Adding basic markup or emphasis, as described above; Standard formatting for headings and chapters. Chapter titles would have two blank lines before, and one blank line after; Line and paragraph formatting, including line endings with carriage returns + line feed at approximately 72 characters, no paragraph indentation (unless it is a block quote or similar), and a blank line between paragraphs. |
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