Asciidoctor launches you into digital publishing with Asciidoctor EPUB3
Posted by
mojavelinux on
Apr 16, 2014; 9:12am
URL: https://discuss.asciidoctor.org/Asciidoctor-launches-you-into-digital-publishing-with-Asciidoctor-EPUB3-tp1683.html
After several long weeks tweaking HTML and CSS and pumping sample files into my phone and tablets to see what works and what doesn't, I'm thrilled to announce the launch of another important piece in the native Asciidoctor toolchain, **Asciidoctor EPUB3**.
Asciidoctor EPUB3 is a set of Asciidoctor extensions built on the upcoming Asciidoctor 1.5.0 release for converting AsciiDoc documents directly to the EPUB3 and KF8/MOBI e-book formats.
https://github.com/opendevise/asciidoctor-epub3
But Asciidoctor EPUB3 is way more than just a converter from AsciiDoc to EPUB3 and KF8/MOBI. It's a carefully crafted tool to help you create aesthetic, professional, easy-to-read e-books. I mean, let’s face it, many of the technical e-books out there—especially those produced from software documentation—are hideous. That's a big reason why I think that EPUB3 has been such a dud so far. But people love doing stuff--lot's of stuff--on their phones and tablets, and that includes reading. So, let's disrupt the status quo!
I've included several screenshots in the README, taken from my phone, to showcase how the output looks, but I encourage you to try it out to see for yourself. You can also check out the screenshots I took of the March 2014 issue of NFJS, the Magazine, which was produced using Asciidoctor EPUB3.
I'm very interested to here your feedback and continue advancing the project with you. I regret that it took so long to get the source code published. I did everything in the wrong order this time around by not setting up the repository first. It ended up being a lot of effort to get the source code organized so I could publish it. Lesson learned. I'll be sure get the community involved from the very start next time.
If you are looking for a place to start in the README, you might be interested in:
Let's make some noise!