andaraya29 / markdownToKindleHtml

Translates a markdown document to an HTML ready to be used on Kindle Direct Publishing

markdownToKindleHtml

Requirements

• Rdiscount -> https://github.com/rtomayko/rdiscount

Kindle Markdown

Markdown superset dialect designed to facilitate ebook writing for Kindle Devices.

General grammar rules:

• Page brake: \n\n\n -> mbp:pagebreak/

• TOC (Enumerated list with links translates to a TOC):

      "###"Table of Contents"###"
       1.  [Chapter 1](#chap1)
       2.  [Chapter 2](#chap2)
       3.  [Chapter 3](#chap3)

     ---->
 
       <p><a name="TOC">
       <h3>Table of Contents</h3></a>
       </p> 
       <p><a href="#chap1"><h4>Chapter 1</h4></a></p> 
       <p><a href="#chap2"><h4>Chapter 2</h4></a></p> 
       <p><a href="#chap3"><h4>Chapter 3</h4></a></p> 
       <mbp:pagebreak/>
   </code>

• Start chapter Link with no title will replace "href" with "name"

     [](#chap1) ## Chapter 1 ##

     ----->
     
     <a name="chap1"></a><h2>Chapter 1</h2>

• Set starting point

<div id="cover"> 
<center> 
<a name="start" /><img src=cover-kindle.jpg></a> 
</center> 
</div>

• Book cover?

About Kindle Publishing (General info)

http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/kindle-guide.pdf

http://www.unrulyguides.com/2012/05/kindle-formatting-kindle-book-cover/