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Phase 5: Publishing. Convert to EPUB/PDF/MOBI/TXT/Markdown, cover design, metadata, title candidates, KDP checklist, marketing plan.
epicsagas/Velith · ★ 19 · Data & Documents · score 78
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