NAME

make-epub - create an EPUB ebook from a directory

SYNOPSIS

make-epub [options] path/to/epubdir

Create the metadata for an EPUB book from the files path/to/epubdir and write the metadata and files into an EPUB file.

OPTIONS

-help

Print a brief help message and exit.

-manual

Print the manual page and exit.

-output filename

This option sets the name of the EPUB file the program will create.

If it is missing the suffix .epub is added to path/to/epubdir and used as the name of the EPUB file.

-creator name_of_creator

This option sets the dc:creator attribute of the metadata. You may use this for information about the author.

-cover coverfile

This option marks the file containing the cover for the OPF guide.

-identifier

Set the dc:identifier for the metadata.

-language

Set the dc:language for the metadata. Defaults to en.

-publisher name_of_publisher

This option sets the dc:publisher attribute of the metadata. You may use this for information about the publisher.

-rights the_copyright

This options sets the dc:rights attribute of the metadata. Use this for copyright information.

-title title

Set the dc:title for the metadata.

-spine order

This Option determines the order of the HTML pages in the EPUB. The argument for this options is a comma separated list of basenames (without ending) of the HTML files in the EPUB book.

For instance if you have two HTML files with path OEBPS/part1.html and OEBPS/part2.html you would give option -spine like this:

make-epub-content-opf -spine=part1,part2 ...

DESCRIPTION

This program will generate the metadata files for an EPUB book.

It determines the name and path of the content.opf and the toc.ncx file and writes the metadata gathered from the command line and the files in the given directory into them.

AUTHOR

Mathias Weidner