Posting Objective:

Provide a list of helpful reference books.

Many of the following books include information about the formatting that is required for publishing in various formats.

• How to Self-Publish a Book on Amazon.com, Writing, Editing, Designing, Publishing, and Marketing by Chris McMullen
• ePublish – Self-Publish Fast and Profitably for Kindle, iPhone, CreateSpace and print on Demand by Steve Weber
• Smashwords Style Guideby Mark Coker (required reading if you wish to publish on Smashwords) – This guide is offered Free at Smashwords
• The Self-Publishing Manual by Dan Poynter

I highly recommend: 

• Are You Still Submitting Your Work to a Traditional Publisher? by Edward Patterson (Free e-Book) – available at Smashwords
• Kindle Formatting-The Complete Guide by Joshua Tallent