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PoindexterOglethorpe

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1. Can the formatting be corrected so there is not a blank line

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Sat Jun 2, 2018, 12:25 PM

Jun 2018

between each paragraph? A blank line indicates change of scene or time, and I sincerely doubt that is going on between each and every paragraph.

If it's going to be a real book, it needs to look just like a real book: no blank lines between paragraphs.

One of the reasons I get a bit crazy about self-published books is exactly that kind of thing.

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