This repository contains Lantern, an OER publishing template for Pandoc that produces textbooks in multiple formats.
Lantern was developed as an experiment to create a minimal computing approach to OER publishing, starting with open textbooks. Minimal computing refer to "computing done under some set of significant constraints of hardware, software, education, network capacity, power, or other factors." With this framework in mind, we designed Lantern as a free and sustainable option for digital publishing.
- Build, deploy, and host textbooks as static HTML files for any web server
- Produce HTML, PDF, EPUB, and DOCX versions of textbooks from a single source
- Keep the source files and software out of proprietary systems
- Learn how document markup affects preservation and accessibility