book-publishlisted
Install: claude install-skill epicsagas/Velith
# Phase 5: Publishing
**Formats** (requires `pandoc`, optional `calibre` for MOBI):
- **EPUB**: `pandoc drafts/ch*.md -o publish/book.epub --toc --toc-depth=2 --metadata-file=publish/metadata.yaml --css=publish/style.css`
- **PDF**: `pandoc` with 6x9in geometry, mirror margins, CJK font support
- **MOBI**: `ebook-convert book.epub book.mobi` (optional, Kindle supports EPUB)
- **TXT**: `pandoc --to plain --wrap=none`
- **MD**: `pandoc --to markdown --standalone`
**Metadata**: `publish/metadata.yaml` (title, subtitle, author, lang, keywords, description).
**Titles**: 22+ candidates across 5 categories (descriptive, emotional, question, metaphor, provocative).
**Agents**: `cover-designer` → concepts + image prompts. `marketing-expert` → personas, channels, 12-week calendar, launch checklist.
Output: `publish/` directory with all formats + metadata + title-candidates.md + cover/concepts.md + marketing-plan.md.
Gate: EPUB + PDF generated, metadata complete, 22+ titles, cover concepts, marketing plan.
## Pre-processing
**Poetry line breaks**: If genre is `poetry` or `poetry-essay`, before running pandoc, prepend two trailing spaces (` `) to each non-empty line within poem sections (content under `##` headings, before `###` subheadings). This forces pandoc to preserve line breaks instead of merging into paragraphs.
**Cover image guard**: Before running pandoc, check if the cover image file referenced in `metadata.yaml` (typically `cover.png`) actually exists. If missing, t