Ebookmaker is a command-line conversion tool used by Project Gutenberg to produce ebook files from prepared source documents.
It can build HTML5, EPUB2, EPUB3, Kindle, and PDF output, with particular attention to the practical conversion issues involved in handling a very large collection of public domain texts and legacy markup.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Builds HTML5, EPUB2, EPUB3, and Kindle files from HTML source material.
- Generates PDF files from reStructuredText sources.
- Follows local links and images from a starting document to assemble ebook content.
- Supports image-free output variants for ebook builds that should exclude embedded images.
- Offers optional validation using EpubCheck for EPUB files and the W3C Nu validator for HTML5 output.
Website: github.com/gutenbergtools/ebookmaker
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Developer: Marcello Perathoner; maintained by Eric Hellman / gutenbergtools
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Ebookmaker is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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