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Status of my book

I have been focused on publishing my book as an eBook first. The paper book cost is more and the process seemed more complicated than publishing it as an eBook. After a lot of research, I decided to publish on Smashwords, the leading eBook publishers. My book contains many color pictures and a few tables and appendices which, I discovered, makes it complicated to format. I tried to get a quote from a 'proffessional' formatter but he told me my book is considered too complicated and will need more expertise, which costs a lot more than what is not too far from the standard. Right now I'm in the middle of formatting the book so that it is not too complicated and closer to 'the standard'. I'm reducing the size of the pictures and applying some of the Smashwords formatting standards. My goal is to then hire a formatter to finish the job because it is complicated and I don't understand it well. It would take me time to learn also how to do it even if I figure it all out. When I am clearer on the costs involved, I plan to fund-raise online to cover all the publishing costs. I first need to have an idea how much money I need to get the job done.
Formatting is not one of my favorite activities, so things are taking their time. I also realized the editing/proofreading needs a bit more. The editor did a good job but missed a few things, it seems. I'm now looking for someone to take a look and catch what the editor missed.
The details are overwhelming. Instead of stressing because things aren't going as fast as I would like them to, I decided to relax as things flow as they need to.