Yes, I think it may be used and, in my opinion, it makes it easier to layout and format the whole text. There are tools that allow you to type using Markdown and do export to epub and mobi formats among others.

One example of such tools is Draft

UPDATE:

I have recently edited and published a book using Markdown and the gitbook project. It worked perfectly. I will do it more times!

Yes, I think it may be used and, in my opinion, it makes it easier to layout and format the whole text. There are tools that allow you to type using Markdown and do export to epub and mobi formats among others.

One example of such tools is Draft

UPDATE:

I have recently edited and published a book using Markdown and the gitbook project. It worked perfectly. I will do it again!

Yes, I think it may be used and, in my opinion, it makes it easier to layout and format the whole text. There are tools that allow you to type using Markdown and do export to epub and mobi formats among others.

One example of such tools is Draft

Yes, I think it may be used and, in my opinion, it makes it easier to layout and format the whole text. There are tools that allow you to type using Markdown and do export to epub and mobi formats among others.

One example of such tools is Draft

UPDATE:

I have recently edited and published a book using Markdown and the gitbook project. It worked perfectly. I will do it more times!