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EbookLib 0.1 (beta)
Ebook library which can handle EPUB2/EPUB3 and Kindle format

INSTALL>
pypm install ebooklib

How to install EbookLib

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  2. Open Command Prompt
  3. Type pypm install ebooklib
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version 0.1 on May 23rd, 2013

About EbookLib

E-book library for Python capable of handling EPUB2/EPUB3 and Kindle format

Usage

Reading

from ebooklib import epub

book = epub.readEPUB('test.epub')

Writing

from ebooklib import epub

book = epub.EpubBook()

# set metadata book.set_identifier('id123456') book.set_title('Sample book') book.set_language('en')

book.add_author('Author Authorowski') book.add_author('Danko Bananko', file_as='Gospodin Danko Bananko', role='ill', uid='coauthor')

# create chapter c1 = epub.EpubHtml(title='Intro', file_name='chap_01.xhtml', lang='hr') c1.content=u'<h1>Intro heading</h1><p>Žaba je skočila u baru.</p>'

# add chapter book.add_item(c1)

# define Table Of Contents book.toc = (epub.Link('chap_01.xhtml', 'Introduction', 'intro'),

System Message: ERROR/3 (<string>, line 41)

Unexpected indentation.
(epub.Section('Simple book'), (c1, ))

System Message: WARNING/2 (<string>, line 43)

Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.

)

# add default NCX and Nav file book.add_item(epub.EpubNcx()) book.add_item(epub.EpubNav())

# define CSS style style = 'BODY {color: white;}' nav_css = epub.EpubItem(uid="style_nav", file_name="style/nav.css", media_type="text/css", content=style)

# add CSS file book.add_item(nav_css)

# basic spine book.spine = ['nav', c1]

# write to the file epub.writeEPUB('test.epub', book, {})

License

EbookLib is licensed under the AGPL license.

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Last updated May 23rd, 2013

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