How to Create and Publish an E-Book Using Sphinx (The Book + Leanbook Template)
How to Create and Publish an E-Book Using Sphinx
A Step-by-Step Guide by Vimalkumar Velayudhan
About the Book
- Do you wish to create and publish an e-book?
- Do you use a Linux desktop?
- Are you willing to learn basic reStructuredText?
If you answered yes to all those questions, then this book is for you!
In 5 steps, I will walk you through the process of creating and building an EPUB 3 format e-book, which you can publish on 15+ digital book stores, including Leanpub, Draft2Digital (Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and more), and Amazon KDP.
To save you time, this book includes “Leanbook” — a quick-start Sphinx project template as a downloadable zip file.
With Leanbook, you get 3 font themes, live-preview, sample copyright page and a glossary, a book cover template, and more.
If you are new to reStructuredText, you can consult the sample chapters in Leanbook. For a step-by-step approach, you can get my beginner’s guide: “reStructuredText for Sphinx”.
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Table of Contents
- About this book
- The 5 steps
- What you will need
- Quick-start template
- Step 1. Install software
- 1.1 Install using Software Manager
- 1.2 Install using the command line (optional)
- Step 2. Create book
- 2.1 Download template
- 2.2 Run the setup command
- 2.3 Preview the book
- 2.4 Configure the book
- Step 3. Write content
- 3.1 Add a new chapter
- 3.2 Organize chapters
- 3.3 Fix syntax errors
- Step 4. Build EPUB
- 4.1 Add a cover image
- 4.2 Make an EPUB file
- 4.3 Check the quality of EPUB
- Step 5. Publish your e-book
- 5.1 Publish on Leanpub
- 5.2 Publish on Draft2Digital
- 5.3 Publish on Amazon KDP
- Appendix
- A. Resources
- B. Software versions
- C. Other Linux distributions
- D. Fix non-standard font messages
- E. Create a Sphinx project
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