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Template project for publishing a book in markdown

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Template project for publishing a book in markdown
==================================================

[](#template-project-for-publishing-a-book-in-markdown)

This is a template project based on the code used to create the PDF and epub version of *[Discover object-oriented programming using WordPress](https://carlalexander.ca/book)*. For more a more detailed writeup of how the code works, please read the companion article [here](https://carlalexander.ca/write-book-markdown/). You can also leave your questions there.

*Note: This code is available as a base for your own book project. I'm no longer doing any development on it.*

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

This is a [Symfony LTS](https://symfony.com/) application so you need to have PHP (minimum version 7.1.3) as well as [composer](https://getcomposer.org/) installed. Besides that, the application also needs [prince](https://www.princexml.com/) (for PDF generation) and [pandoc](https://pandoc.org/) (for epub generation) installed.

You can install these two tools using [homebrew](https://brew.sh/) on MacOS:

```
$ brew cask install --no-quarantine prince
$ brew install pandoc
```

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Once the prerequisites installed, you can create a new project using the following command:

```
$ composer create-project carlalexander/book-project-template
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

A sample preface + 4 section book layout is available in the `content` directory. The HTML template used for the book (including the cover) can be found in `book.html.twig`. To edit the style of the book, edit the CSS files found in the `assets/css` folder.

There are two builds commands available to create your book. One for PDF and one for EPUB. These are:

```
$ bin/console book:build-pdf
$ bin/console book:build-mobile
```

Please refer to this [article](https://carlalexander.ca/write-book-markdown/) for a detailed explanation of the code and how to modify it to write your own book.

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Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

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Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity27

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Top contributor holds 66.7% of commits — single point of failure

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