Book creation template

📖 This template manages the creation of books in a logical manner.

It also has a Gitlab pipeline configuration included so you book can be autogenerated.

Simple.

How to use

The template uses a couple of libraries:

• Pandoc
• Kindlegen

Install those first.

Then clone this repo to your machine. git clone https://github.com/avastmick/book-template.git

💥 Boom, you're done!

• Add chapters in the chapters directory
• Add cover art and save as images/book-cover.jpg
• Put all your planning stuff into planning
• Write away...
  • Add a synopsis set into the synopsis folder
  • Add chapters into the chapters folder
  • Modify the files in the publish folder to suit (see the files there for guidance)

Use locally

Dependences

• Install python (should be good to go on Linux or MacOS)
• Install Pandoc
• Install Kindlegen and ensure you can get to it from your $PATH

Usage

• Open a terminal
• cd to the directory you are saving your book
• type ./Publish.py -h (MacOS or Linux) or python Publish.py -h (Windows) and follow the instructions

Using Gitlab

I use Gitlab, why? It has free private repositories, you want that if you are writing a novel, right? Also, it has a free continuous integration feature called Pipeline, this can be configured to create your ebooks each time you save you work.

• Commit your changes and push up to Gitlab
• Set up a pipeline for building your
• Check the pipeline for success
• Download the build artefacts
• Read...

Using GitHub

GitHub is great if you are writing open source books etc. It has more users and a greater potential readership.

I'll post up some information on how this template will work.

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