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| author | David T. Sadler <davidtsadler@googlemail.com> | 2021-05-17 15:59:24 +0100 |
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| committer | David T. Sadler <davidtsadler@googlemail.com> | 2021-05-17 15:59:24 +0100 |
| commit | bbf7974715b9a43bab207df75ef69209cdf13850 (patch) | |
| tree | 13078ed02a7fec8f28b1d6046e6533f1be2aec54 /src/posts/markdown/2020-03-30 | |
| parent | 3e9a949c823917e0f4189628959fa4d3eb908db4 (diff) | |
Move to building localy rather than on remote server
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diff --git a/src/posts/markdown/2020-03-30/creating-an-ebook-with-markdown/index.gmi b/src/posts/markdown/2020-03-30/creating-an-ebook-with-markdown/index.gmi deleted file mode 100644 index 25fc38a..0000000 --- a/src/posts/markdown/2020-03-30/creating-an-ebook-with-markdown/index.gmi +++ /dev/null @@ -1,96 +0,0 @@ -# Creating an Ebook With Markdown - -> Mon 30th March 2020 By David T. Sadler. - -Pandoc is a great tool for converting a file in one markup format into another. This means we can use it to convert a file written in Markdown into an EPUB file that is supported by many e-readers. - -Lets start by writting a very simple markdown file called example_ebook.md. - -```markdown ---- -title: -- type: main - text: Example Ebook -- type: subtitle - text: An Ebook created from a Markdown file -creator: -- role: author - text: David Sadler -publisher: Published by myself ---- - -This is an introduction. - -# Chapter 1 - -This is the first paragraph of chapter 1. - -This is the second paragraph of chapter 1. - -Below is a list. - -- Item One -- Item Two -- Item Three - -# Chapter 2 - -This is the first paragraph of chapter 2. - -This is the second paragraph of chapter 2. - -# Chapter 3 - -This is the first paragraph of chapter 3. - -This is the second paragraph of chapter 3. -``` - -Note that the file begins with a YAML metadata block that starts and ends with three hyphens (---). This allows you to specify EPUB metadata such as the title and author. - -Converting this to EPUB is done by running pandoc. - -```shell -$ pandoc example_ebook.md -t epub3 --toc -o example_ebook.epub -``` - -There are several options that need to be passed to pandoc. - -* example_ebook.md - This argument is the file that you are converting. -* -t epub3 - Set the output format to be EPUB v3 book. -* --toc - Include a table of contents in the output document. This will be derived from the H1 headers in the markdown. -* -o example_ebook.epub - Tell pandoc to output the conversion to the named file instead of stdout. - -You can now copy the file example_ebook.epub to any device that supports the format or use one of the many software readers such as Calibre. However, if you wish to read this on a Kindle device you will need to convert it to the Mobi format. - -Amazon provides a command line tool called KindleGen that can convert our EPUB file into the Mobi format. After downloading the tool just run it as shown below. - -```shell -$ kindlegen example_ebook.epub -``` - -This will create a file called example_ebook.mobi that you can copy to your Kindle to read. - -### Links - -=> https://pandoc.org/ Pandoc. -=> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown/ Markdown. -=> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB/ EPUB. -=> https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#extension-yaml_metadata_block YAML metadata block. -=> https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#epub-metadata EPUB metadata. -=> https://www.w3.org/community/epub3/ EPUB v3 book. -=> https://calibre-ebook.com/ Calibre Application. -=> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-book_formats#Mobipocket Mobi Format. -=> https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000765211 KindleGen Application. - -=> /posts/markdown/ Markdown - Read More Posts. - -I don't have comments as I don't want to manage them. You can however contact me at the below address if you want to. - -=> mailto:david@davidtsadler.com Email david@davidtsadler.com - -=> https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ The contents of this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. - -Copyright © 2021 David T. Sadler. - -=> / Return to Homepage. |
