The Electric Book workflow
The Electric Book workflow is a set of processes and tools for making high-quality print PDF, screen PDF, epub, website and app versions of books from a single content source. It’s designed for professional book production, and lets team members collaborate on projects remotely.
At its heart is the Electric Book Jekyll template, which you’re looking at now. This template includes:
- an almost blank book to work into,
- a book of sample features and typography,
- a sample translation, and
- documentation.
Key features
- Output print PDF, screen PDF, epub, website and app versions of books from the same content source.
- Create a series or collection of book in one website or app. They can share common features, metadata, and common content snippets.
- Learn how to edit in markdown in the docs.
- Use predefined tags for common book features.
- Quickly change many design features with simple design configurations.
- Manage translations in the same project.
- Easily localise website editions.
- Create variant editions with different content or designs.
- Enable open annotation on website editions with Hypothesis.
- Include interactive multiple-choice questions.
- Control letter-spacing in individual paragraphs for page refinement.
- Include complex maths using LaTex notation.
- Easily embed streaming video from YouTube or Vimeo.
- Make long pages/chapters collapse on major headings for easier reading.
- Support for remote media and expansion files for projects with many images.
- Automatically convert master images to output-optimised sizes and color profiles.
- Easily control colour and PDF profiles for high-quality printing.
- Easily build and refresh search indexes for searching websites and apps.
- Export to MS Word.
The Electric Book workflow is maintained at Electric Book Works, who also provide paid book-hosting and support plans for publishers.