public-domain-library-books

Disclaimer

Instructions are for unix systems. If you use Windows look into Powershell Expand-Archive commands alternatives for the zip sections.

Build

1. Go to book location

cd ./ebooks/{book}

2. Remove old file

rm -f dist/{bookname}.epub

3. Movce to source

cd src-epub

4. Create new epub file

zip -X0 ./{bookname}.epub mimetype

5. Add book content to epub file

zip -r {bookname}.epub META-INF epub

Note: epub can be under name "OEBPS "depending of the original source

6. Move book to distrobution folder

mv ./src-epub/{bookname}.epub ../dist

Add other formats

2. Kobo (kepub.epub)

1. Go to book location

cd ./ebooks/{book}

2. Remove old file

rm -f dist/{bookname}.kepub.epub

3. Movce to source

cd src-epub

4. Create new epub file

zip -X0 ./{bookname}.epub mimetype

5. Add book content to epub file

zip -r {bookname}.kepub.epub META-INF epub

Note: epub can be under name "OEBPS "depending of the original source

6. Move book to distrobution folder

mv ./src-epub/{bookname}.kepub.epub ../dist

Kindle (azw3)

1. Go to book location

cd ./ebooks/{book}

2. Remove old file

rm -f dist/{bookname}.azw3

3. Movce to source

cd src-azw3

4. Create new epub file

zip -X0 ./{bookname}.epub mimetype

5. Add book content to epub file

zip -r {bookname}.epub META-INF epub

Note: epub can be under name "OEBPS "depending of the original source

6. Convert book to azw3 file

ebook-convert {bookname}.epub {bookname}.azw3 --pretty-print --no-inline-toc --max-toc-links=0 --prefer-metadata-cover

Will ignore complex css like clamp() and @media

7. Move file to distrobution

mv ./{bookname}.azw3 ../dist

8. Remove temporary files

rm -f {bookname}.epub

Add new book

1. Create new location

cd ebooks && mkdir {book} && cd {book}

2. Add content folders

mkdir {dist,original,src-epub,ksrc-epub}

3. Move origin file

mv {path}/{bookname}.epub ./original

4. Extract source

unzip ./original/{bookname}.epub -d ./src-epub