basic-book-builder/chapters/00_Introduction.md

Introduction

This is a basic book builder template is based on a Pandoc[@PandocIndex]\index{Pandoc} + Makefile build process in conjunction Obsidian to edit content and Zotero to manage citation, to generate multiple format of the document including:

• PDF
• HTML
• LaTeX
• Markdown
• ODT
• DOCX
• Epub

Workflow

1. Create a new project
2. Initialize metadata.yaml with title, copyright, author, etc.
3. Customize input-files: in pandoc.yaml
4. Edit chapters Markdown "conent" files using Obidian
5. Build your document

This basic book builder[@JehaverlackBasicbookbuilderPandoca] template has been curated by John Haverlack.[@JohnHaverlackACEP]