Any suggestions on how to go about converting it (Markdown) to epub?

latch · on Oct 2, 2011

Well, I went from markdown to pdf using pandoc/latex/markdown2pdf and then I think I used calibre.

However, I just tried taking one of your html files and converting it directly to epub (again, using calibre, which is free)..and it did a pretty good job.

I think if you can merge the chapters together and spend a bit of time tweaking it, you'll end up with a nice ebook.

scq · on Oct 2, 2011

Calibre can convert directly from markdown to epub:

  ebook-convert ebook.txt ebook.epub --formatting-type markdown

or you can use the UI.

DanBC · on Oct 2, 2011

Calibre does not like PDF. It sometimes works, but the Calibre team recommend using against using PDF anywhere in the workflow.

Calibre also comes bundled with a bunch of command line tools which, in my opinion, are much nicer than Calibre itself.