The Electric Book template
A Jekyll template for creating books in multiple formats:
- print PDFs for high-end book publishing
- screen PDFs for reading on screen
- a website of books
- epubs for ebook distribution
- ebook apps for Android and iOS
- MS Word outputs for old-school editing.
Usage and documentation
- Copy or clone this folder
- Edit as needed:
_data/meta.yml- the stylesheet variables in
book/styles - the content files in
book/text
- Run the
run-script for your operating system.
Read the guide for much more. The guide is also an example of the template in action.
Dependencies
To use the Electric Book template on your machine, you need to have installed:
- Jekyll (and which requires Ruby and Bundler)
- PrinceXML (for PDF output; the only proprietary requirement)
- Node.js, Gulp and GraphicsMagick (to create multiformat images)
- Pandoc (for Word export)
- Cordova, Android Studio, and (on OSX) XCode (for building ebook apps)
And of course a good editor like VS Code, Sublime, Brackets or Atom.