7

I have a book written in LaTeX. I can build an epub output file using pandoc, but I cannot get the epub title page right. The final epub file is missing Title, Author and Date information.

$ pandoc -S -o mybook.epub --epub-cover-image=images/my_cover.png title.txt mybook.tex

I've tried a second book where the source is in markdown (not LaTeX) format. The title page works correctly.

$ pandoc -S -o guide.epub title.txt part1.markdown part2.markdown

Is there a setting I am missing to get the YAML file (the title.txt file) correct when LaTeX is the source to pandoc?

I used LaTeX rather than markdown for the first book so I could use the sffms LaTeX document class.

Improve this question

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
3

I was able to work around the issue as follows:

$ pandoc -S -o mybook.markdown   mybook.tex 
$ pandoc -S -o mybook.epub --epub-cover-image=images/my_cover.png  title.txt  mybook.markdown

By converting the LaTeX file to markdown, the second pandoc command was able to apply the Title, Author and Date information in title.txt to the epub file.

Improve this answer
1
  • IIRC the title pages are specifically an extension of markdown, so it's unlikely that it'll ever be made to work with other formats.
    – evilsoup
    Commented Apr 13, 2016 at 19:04

Your Answer

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service and acknowledge you have read our privacy policy.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.