This is a lightweight tool to help you get started writing a book, and is designed to let you version control your documents.

It is a free and open source book writing tool.

We supply the basic book anatomy, means to convert your pages into a book, and a method to convert it into publisher friendly formats.

You supply the awesome book content and git repository - if you need help with this, check out the wiki.

• Markdown is easy to transpile into many types of publisher compatible formats
• Markdown is easy to update and understand
• Easy to see the changes in each version
• Format not tied to any one particular software

• Easy to update
• Easy to "branch off" into new ideas
• Easy to collaborate with others
• Backups are distributed
• Easy to see the changes in each version
• If you are using a private Git repo, you can easily have secure access to your work across the internet

• chapter.01
• chapter.02
• chapter.03
• ... etc.

• appendix.a
• appendix.b
• appendix.c
• ... etc.

• acknowledgements
• afterword
• bibliography
• biography
• dedication
• foreword
• glossary
• index
• preface
• other-books
• special-thanks
• title

• Fork or git clone the book builder repo
• update the package.json to use your repo names
• update the package.json:bookTitle to the name of your book

Dependencies: Node.js 10+, npm, grunt

  $ npm install grunt-cli -g

Install dependencies

  $ npm install

Build a book

  $ grunt

• Node.js
• Grunt
• Markdown

v1.0.0 ✅

• basic book anatomy

v1.1.0 ✅

• script to generate a basic book from the markdown files

v1.2.0

• add ability to show page numbers on each page

v1.3.0

• generate a table of contents from the markdown files

v1.4.0

• add support for charts, maps, image files

v1.5.0

• assist in creation of the index page numbers by scanning the markdown files

v1.6.0

• add ability to show header and footer on each page

v1.7.0

• add support for Markdown styling via CSS or something similar

v2.0.0

• generate into book containers for the final document
• epub
• kindle/html
• word doc

v2.1.0+

• generate into additional file formats for the final document