I don't think Qidian ever really considered the desires of anglophone authors when setting up Webnovel, and only thought of it as a place to put up translations.

    Well they marketed the original option pretty widely when the started it.

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      Hoping to get new format options soon! I rely heavily on italics and bolds to add emphasis and variety to my writing. :)

        Don't think this is a high priority option for them. It is possible to switch on, but apparently it would impact on connected platforms if I recall from a last discussion about this some time back.

        If they can get away with their own books being formatted by some other means, I don't think they'll invest more on Inkstone than required. The only way I see HTML being switched on is when Inkstone is the primary publishing application that all their paid books go through.

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          It worked for my story. I just used the twitter text tool sites :3

            I have the possibility/option for WN on my wish list, which enables me to switch the orders of my published chapters. please, almighty CN God/Immortal/Demon/Devil/Ghost/Allheaven, please grant me this wish, as I like to rewrite stuff on my published chapters but don't want to delete and republish chapters all over again ...

              XD I notice that WN don't have those options, but will, I just copy pasted my work here from odt.

                Bold and Italic for inkstone is on the way.

                  8 months later

                  Vespertian WN team intended to roll out formatting a while back, they realised it was too buggy after piloting with contract authors. Then it became a contract only feature. That shouldn't be a reason to go contract. To be honest I think it's still buggy as formatting doesn't appear on mobile version of book.

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                    6 months later

                    Trako I feel this. 😭 My book is messing up and not even letting me put space between paragraphs.. πŸ˜’

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