bookiza
Responsive, beautiful books on web.
Bookiza is a lightweight book reification framework for the smart writer. It manages your manuscript efficiently and cuts down your book-writing time by half. Publish straight to web once and your work will be available to everyone on the planet.
Bake your book with all the goodness of the web!
Prerequisites:
node (>=8.11.3), gulp, shelljs, git-scm and a unixy-style shell or the terminal app.
To install:
$ npm install bookiza -g
Check installation with:
$ bookiza --version
Next, register client with:
$ bookiza register
It will ask for your bubblin credentials and connect bookiza to its sweet POST/PATCH API. You're all set … 😇
To start a new project My-Awesome-Comics :
$ bookiza new My-Awesome-Comics --leafs 12 --template comics
Creates a new project with 12 fresh leafs (24 pages) inside manuscript/ folder along with a layout template for comics. Boom!
cd into My-Awesome-Comics , and then:
$ bookiza server
It will 🔥 up your manuscript at http://localhost:4567 and watch for changes!
Open project on your favorite editor (Sublime / Atom), write away. Once the book is ready, hit:
$ bookiza publish
Boom!, and now your book is live on web.
Complete vocabulary is available with:
$ bookiza --help
Or read documentation at https://bubblin.io/bookiza/docs/
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The future of e-books
— Paul Singh, Results Junkies / Brickyard / 500 Startups - Washington DC
The most beautiful implementation of a book in browser that I have ever seen…
— Craig Mod, MacDowell fellow / Flipboard - New York
... every bit as interesting as it could get!
— Judith Monica Neumann, Writer Programmer Teacher - Buenos Aires
Simple & efficient
Optimized for writer happiness! Manage your manuscript like a pro and see changes go live in realtime.
Hit $ bookiza publish!
Insanely powerful
Kickstart $ bookiza new MY-BOOK --leafs 40 and BOOM!, your book has struck ground and is good to go online.
Supported everywhere.
Version control
Bookiza uses git-scm internally to track your changes. Use simple git commands to version your work and collaborate.
Developers, designers, writers -- together!
Quick layouts
FREE & responsive templates for layouts. Focus on your story, with style! Or hire a CSS artist, start a new kind of journey.
Comics, novels, magazines -- anything.
Designed for future
Use JavaScript inside your book to add insanely beautiful visuals. Plot an earth-shattering story and root for success!
Hey, your book is a Single Page App!
Bubblin' with flavors
Comes in multiple flavors -- choose from markdown, haml, pug, sass, less or stylus to suit your taste. Or write in plain HTML.
See preprocessors.